Karst Modeling
Edited by Arthur N. Palmer, Margaret V. Palmer, and Ira D. Sasowsky
Softbound, 265 + iii pages (8.5x11").
Includes many photos, maps, and figures.
ISBN 0-9640258-4-1

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
A. N. Palmer 1

CONCEPTUAL MODELS 10

• Conceptual models for karstic aquifers
  W. B. White 11
• Perspectives in karst hydrogeology and cavern genesis
  D. C. Ford 17
• A comprehensive strategy for understanding flow in carbonate aquifers
  S. R. H. Worthington 30
• Structural effects on carbonate aquifers
  I. D. Sasowsky 38
• The surface-subsurface interface and the influence of geologic structure in karst
  E. H. Kastning 43
• A conceptual view of carbonate island karst
  J. E. Mylroie and H. L. Vacher 48
• Toward a suitable conceptual model of the northern Guam lens aquifer
  J. W. Jenson 58
• A model of karst drainage basin evolution, Interior Low Plateaus, USA
  J. A. Ray 58
• Origin and attributes of paleocave carbonate reservoirs
  R. G. Loucks 59
• From a conceptual model of karst hydrological systems to water-vulnerability mapping
  P. -Y. Jeannin, F. Zwahlen, and N. Doerfliger 65

ANALYTICAL MODELS 70

• Patterns of dissolution porosity in carbonate rocks
  A. N. Palmer 71
• Karstic permeability: organized flow pathways created by circulation
  P. W. Huntoon 79
• Interpreting flow using permeability at multiple scales
  T. Halihan, J. M. Sharp, Jr., and R. E. Mace 82
• Linear systems approach to modeling groundwater flow and solute transport through karstic basins
  C. M. Wicks and J. A. Hoke 97
• Toward understanding transport in the Floridan karst
  D. Loper 102

DIGITAL MODELS 105

• Dynamics of the early evolution of karst
  W. Dreybrodt, F. GabrovÓek, and J. Siemers 106
• Potential influence of aperture variability on the dissolutional enlargement of fissures
  H. Rajaram, W. Cheung, and B. Hanna 120
• Enhancement of early karstification by subterranean sources of carbon dioxide
  F. GabrovÓek and W. Dreybrodt 131
• The initiation of hypogene caves in fractured limestone by rising thermal water: investigation of a parallel series of competing fractures
  K. A. Dumont, H. Rajaram, and D. A. Budd 132
• On predicting contaminant transport in carbonate terrains: Behavior and prediction
  W. K. Annable and E. A. Sudicky 133