CHAPTER IV.

THE WORK OF GROUND (UNDERGROUND) WATER.

Conditions influencing descent of rain-water, 213. Supply

of ground-water not altogether dependent on local rainfall,

215. Ground-water surface—water table, 215. Depth to which

ground-water sinks, 216. Movement of ground-water, 220.

Amount of ground-water, 221. Fate of ground-water, 221.

+The Work of Ground-water+ 222

_Chemical Work_ 222

Quantitative importance of solution, 223. Deposition of

mineral matter from solution, 225.

_Mechanical Work_ 226

+Results of the Work of Ground-water+ 226

Weathering, 226. Caverns, 227. Creep, slumps, and landslides,

231.

_Summary_ 232

+Springs and Flowing Wells+ 234

Mineral matter in solution, 235. Geysers, 236. Artesian

wells, 242.

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