What is the difference between Aquiclude and Aquifuge?

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   ahmed.bposted 14 years ago

   What is the difference between Aquiclude and Aquifuge?
   
   Please answer from Hydrogeological prospective

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   ErinEliseposted 14 years ago

   It is my understanding they are the same thing.  Not completely sure but that's the way I read it.

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   ahmed.bposted 14 years ago

   Thank you Erin
   Actually confusions arises when you study Engineering Hydrogeology by Fetter. In article 3.7 paragraph 4 he writes "Confining layers are sometimes subdivided into aquitards, aquicludes and aquifuges." And in the coming lines he described the aquitards and aquifuges but probably missed the aquicludes. As per my search through internet and wikipedia these are the same still I am not quite sure about that.
   
   Anyhow thanks for taking your time.

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   hjjhjposted 10 years ago

   i think its not too late...
   aquiclude
   A saturated but relatively impermeable material that dosen't yield appreciable quantities of water to wells..e.g clay material.
   
   aqifuge
   A relatively impermeable formation neither containing nor transmitting water. e.g solid granite material
                                                                                     -agrineer

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   Kgotleleloposted 8 years ago

   An Aquiclude is a geological formation that can store water but does not transmit groundwater. For example clays and shale. Whereas an Aquifuge does not store and does not transmit water, an example is a granite without fractures or joints.

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