Earth:Epiphreatic zone
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Short description: Zone between the saturated and unsaturated zones
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.[2]
- Earth:Infiltration (hydrology) – Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.[3]
- Earth:Phreatic – Term used in several scientific disciplines
- Earth:Phreatic zone – Zone in an aquifer below the water table.[4]
- Earth:Vadose zone – Unsaturated aquifer above the water table. [5]
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.
- ↑ "Aquifer Anatomy | EARTH 111: Water: Science and Society". https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/node/910.
- ↑ "Infiltration | hydrologic cycle | Britannica" (in en). https://www.britannica.com/science/infiltration-hydrologic-cycle.
- ↑ "saturated zone" (in en). https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100442795.
- ↑ "USGS Unsaturated Zone Flow Project" (in en). https://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/uzf/unsatflow/unsatflow.html.
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