Principal Distribution Patterns of Contemporary Ground Water

Abstract

Reliability of paleohydrogeological studies depends essentially on an adequate hydrogeological interpretation of different traces of ground- water activity in past geological epochs and on the results of historical-geological studies (paleotectonic, paleogeographic, etc.). And this interpretation is, in turn, inseparable from a proper understanding of major ground- water distribution and formation patterns in various, modern geological structures, an understanding that is based on a deep insight into the relationship between ground water, on the one hand, and surface and atmospheric waters, on the other hand. It is obvious that in the process of paleohydrogeological reconstructions only those paleohydrogeological laws are to be considered that have been positively proved. Therefore, if some controversial concepts of modern hydrogeology are used in the course of interpretation, it is a must to have a special reservations about them.