Abstract
Hydrodat®: is a database system with reference to phreatic and running waters (more generally to liquid and condensate phases) and gas phases. This database system was written for personal computers running MS-DOS.
The three principal data files for physical and chemical characteristics which the program runs (one for phreatic waters, one for stream waters, and one for gases), the calculation routines—some from the literature, others specifically processed—and the graphic elaboration (available through “Grapher” and “Surfer” of Golden Software) are controlled by procedures using mainly dBase IV language of Asthon Tate.
The following points indicate the possible fields of investigations supported by the use of the database:
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fluid’s geochemistry;
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hydrochemical prospecting;
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geothermics;
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volcanology;
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environmental control;
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monitoring of industrial fluids.
The program requires a minimum configuration of 640 Kb of RAM memory and is supported entirely by window-menu and window-help instructions.
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Minissale, A., Buccianti, G.F. (1992). Hydrodat®: A Package for Hydrogeochemical Data Management. In: Kürzl, H., Merriam, D.F. (eds) Use of Microcomputers in Geology. Computer Applications in the Earth Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2335-6_8
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