Earth:Epiphreatic zone
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Short description: Zone between the saturated and unsaturated zones
Cross-section of a hillslope depicting the vadose zone, capillary fringe, water table, and the phreatic or saturated zone. (Source: United States Geological Survey.)
In a cave system, the epiphreatic zone or floodwater zone is the zone between the vadose (unsaturated) zone above and phreatic (saturated) zone below. It is regularly flooded and has a significant porosity. It has a great potential for cave formation.[1]
See also
- Earth:Capillary fringe – Subsurface layer in which groundwater seeps up from a water table by capillary action
- Earth:Infiltration (hydrology) – Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- Earth:Phreatic – Term used in several scientific disciplines
- Earth:Phreatic zone – Zone in an aquifer below the water table
- Earth:Vadose zone – Unsaturated aquifer above the water table
References
- ↑ Prelovšek, Mitja (2009). Present-Day Speleogenetic Processes, Factors and Features in the Epiphreatic Zone: Dissertation. University of Nova Gorica. p. 5. http://www.ung.si/~library/doktorati/krasoslovje/3Prelovsek.pdf.
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