G.H. Taylor
R.M. Leggette
1934
<p><span>The water </span>in<span> </span>artesian<span> </span>aquifers<span> is confined under </span>pressure<span>. Under ideal conditions </span>in<span> a perfectly rigid </span>artesian<span> reservoir a change of </span>pressure<span> </span>in<span> one part of the reservoir should produce a corresponding change of </span>pressure<span> </span>in<span> all other parts of the reservoir. Theoretically, the </span>transmission<span> of </span>pressure<span> should take place rapidly and without any movement of water other than the small amount resulting from the compressibility of water. However, observations under natural conditions show that the </span>transmission<span> of </span>pressure<span> is not always rapid and that the rate of </span>transmission<span> appears to be determined </span>in<span> great part by the distance traversed and the magnitude of the change of </span>pressure<span>. There are many reasons for believing that </span>artesian<span> </span>aquifers<span> and their confining beds are not perfectly rigid but that they are elastic and capable of compression and dilation (O. E. Meinzer, Compressibility and elasticity of </span>artesian<span> </span>aquifers<span>, Econ. Geol., v. 23, pp. 263–291, 1928). This appears to be the cause of the lack of rapidity of </span>transmission<span> of </span>pressure<span> </span>in<span> </span>artesian<span> </span>aquifers<span>. </span></p>
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10.1029/TR015i002p00409
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American Geophysical Union
The transmission of pressure in artesian aquifers
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