The First Potentiometric Map

Dassargues, Alain; Batelaan, Okke; Anceau, Annick

doi:10.1111/gwat.13123

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“…During his work in Augsburg with Gruner, Adolf Thiem made extensive use of Norton (or Abyssinian) wells, which are small but thick-walled pipe screens that could be rammed into the ground, to measure groundwater levels. Since they also determined the ground elevation of the observation wells, they were able to construct one of the world's earliest isopotential maps in 1873 (Mommsen, 1962;Dassargues et al, 2021). Strangely enough, Thiem considered the map produced for a later project in Strassburg, Alsace (now Strasbourg, France), as his first isopotential map, probably because he published a detailed account of this study in the Journal für Gasbeleuchtung und Wasserversorgung (Thiem, 1876b), which was widely received and acclaimed.…”

Section: Equipotential and Hydrogeological Mapsmentioning

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The Thiem team – Adolf and Günther Thiem, two forefathers of hydrogeology

Houben

Batelaan²

2022

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Adolf and Günther Thiem, father and son, left behind a methodological legacy that many current hydrogeologists are probably unaware of. It goes far beyond the Dupuit–Thiem analytical model for pump test analysis, which is connected to their name. Methods, which we use on a day-to-day basis today, such as isopotential maps, tracer tests, and vertical wells, were amongst the many contributions which the Thiems either developed or improved. Remarkably, this was not done in a university context but rather as a by-product of their practical work of designing and building water supply schemes in countries all over Europe. Some of these waterworks are still active. Both Thiems were also great science communicators. Their contributions were read and applied in many countries, especially in the USA, through a personal connection between Günther Thiem and Oscar Edward Meinzer, the leading United States Geological Survey (USGS) hydrogeologist of the time.

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The Thiem team – Adolf and Günther Thiem, two forefathers of hydrogeology

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Batelaan²

2022

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…It became one of the pillars of quantitative hydrogeology and groundwater hydraulics. Slightly before Darcy published his famous work, Dumont (1856) drew the first (known) potentiometric map of an aquifer near Liege, Belgium (Dassargues et al, 2021). Delesse (1858, 1862) followed in France.…”

Section: Development Of Quantitative Knowledge Of Groundwatermentioning

confidence: 99%