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KWilfred

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Briefly explain how some limestone and other carbonate rocks can have high porosity and
  permeability. What will be an ideal response?



Question 2

How can granite and many other dense igneous and metamorphic rocks be groundwater reservoirs? What will be an ideal response?


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ms_sulzle

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Reply #1 on: Jul 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Carbonate rocks may have bedding planes, joints, and solution cavities through which water can move
and dissolve rock to make larger pathways.



Answer to Question 2

They can if they are fractured or faulted or contain many vesicles or other open spaces.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 15, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jul 15, 2018
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