| Abstract: | Specific yield is defined as the ratio of (1) the volume of water that a saturated rock or soil will yield by gravity to (2) the total volume of the rock or soft. Specific yield is usually expressed as a percentage. The value is not definitive, because the quantity of water that will drain by gravity depends on variables such as duration of drainage, temperature, mineral composition of the water, and various physical characteristics of the rock or soil under consideration. Values of specific yields nevertheless offer a convenient means by which hydrologists can estimate the water-yielding capacities of earth materials and, as such, are very useful in hydrologic studies.
The present report consists mostly of direct or modified quotations from many selected reports that present and evaluate methods for determining specific yield, limitations of those methods, and results of the determinations made on a wide variety of rock and soil materials. Although no particular values are recommended in this report, a table summarizes values of specific yield, and their averages, determined for 10 rock textures. The following is an abstract of the table.
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| ProdID: | 1976 |
| Citation Author: | Johnson, A. I. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 74 p. :ill., maps ;23 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O., |
| Citation Series: | Water Supply Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | WSP |
| Citation Series Number: | 1662-D |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Specific yield--compilation of specific yields for various materials; 1967; WSP; 1662-D; Johnson, A. I. |
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| Citation Year: | 1967 |
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| Text: | Specific yield--compilation of specific yields for various materials; 1967; WSP; 1662-D; Johnson, A. I. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1662d/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1662d/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O., |
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