by Gelogia Team | Jun 15, 2025 | Hydrology
Tectonic Settings and Their Role in the Coastline Formation: Coastline Formation is determined by a variety of factors, including tectonic setting, the materials present at the shore, and the energy with which water strikes the coast. One factor that influences the...
by Gelogia Team | Jun 1, 2025 | Hydrology
Classification of Aquifers: Geologically, they can be classified based on the age and composition of the sediments or rocks that host them. The four main types are: Holocene Aquifers Late Pleistocene-Holocene Aquifers (Unconsolidated to semi-consolidated):...
by Gelogia Team | May 25, 2025 | Hydrology
What are Contaminants? Any solutes (contaminants) introduced into the groundwater environment. Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit, or harmful for the physical body,...
by Gelogia Team | Mar 6, 2025 | Hydrology
The types of reservoir drives—Water Drive, Gas Cap Drive, Dissolved Gas Drive, and Gravity Drive—are natural forces that push hydrocarbons to the surface. Water Drive is the most efficient (up to 60% recovery), while Dissolved Gas Drive is the least (7-15%)....
by Gelogia Team | Jan 31, 2025 | Hydrology
What is Coral Reef? Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals. They are built by colonies of tiny animals and are found in marine water that contains few nutrients. Most coral reefs are built from...
by Gelogia | Jan 30, 2025 | Hydrology
Salinity makes an extraordinary tracer of water motion inside the ocean. Hence, it’s far routinely measured, at the side of any other conservative tracer, temperature. The salinity of seawater commonly averages around 35 ppt, which means 35 grams of salt in step...
