| Uniform title | Art de decouvrir les sources. English |
| Portion of title |
Translation of L'art de découvrir les sources, seconde édition |
| Series |
Special paper ; 539
Special papers (Geological Society of America) 539. ^A20279
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| Contents |
Hills -- Depressions on the earth's surface -- Internal structure of the earth -- Unstratified rocks -- Stratified rocks -- Examination of high places -- Examination of hillslopes -- Examination of lowlands -- Examination of flowing water bodies -- Meaning of the word "spring" -- Erroneous opinions on the origin of springs -- Responses to erroneous opinions on the origin of springs -- The true origin of springs -- How springs form -- Underground pathways that groundwater follows -- Where to dig for water -- How to determine the depth of an underground watercourse -- How to determine the volume of an underground watercourse -- Rock types favorable for the discovery of underground watercourses -- Rock types unfavorable for the discovery of underground watercourses -- Volcanic rocks that are unlikely to contain underground watercourses -- Friable rocks where underground watercourses are not likely to be found -- Rock types that lack water because of their structure or lack of cohesion -- Mineral, thermal, and periodic springs -- Potable and non-potable springs -- Methods for clarifying turbid underground watercourses -- How to exploit underground watercourses -- Underground watercourses that appear late or not at all -- Ways to compensate for lack of groundwater -- Origin and development of this theory -- Underground watercourses found on the basis of this theory -- Ancient and modern methods of finding underground watercourses. |
| Abstract |
"The book chronicles the beginning of hydrogeology in France in the mid-nineteenth century. Abbe J.-B. Paramelle got his start searching for groundwater on a karst plateau in 1818, and by 1856 had found water in more than 10,000 places in France with a 90% success rate. He wrote this book to describe his observations and methods"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Language | In English; translated from the French. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Paramelle, abbé, 1790-1875, author. Art of finding springs Second edition. Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2019 9780813795393 |
| LCCN | 2019014633 |
| ISBN | 9780813725390 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0813725399 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
