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Phreatic vs Vadose - What's the difference?

phreatic | vadose |

As adjectives the difference between phreatic and vadose

is that phreatic is (geology) of or pertaining to ground water while vadose is of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.

phreatic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (geology) Of or pertaining to ground water

    • Derived terms

    * phreatic cycle * phreatic eruption * phreatic gas * phreatic water

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    vadose

    English

    (vadose zone)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.
  • * 2003 , B. B. Huckell; C. Vance Haynes, "The Ventana Complex: New Dates and New Ideas on Its Place in Early Holocene Western Prehistory," American Antiquity , vol. 68, no. 2 p. 357,
    • Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater.

    Related terms

    * vadose zone * vadosity ----