Abstract
Several flow problems in an aquifer whose thickness varies linearly or exponentially in the x direction while remaining uniform in the y direction are treated. Their solutions are based on a differential equation that has been set up to approximate the flow in such aquifers. Several initial and boundary conditions are considered. Some of the results are compared with those rigorously obtained in the first of this sequence of papers. It is concluded that the approximate solutions yield good results in sands confined by beds whose angles of dip have tangents less than 0.20. Also, the flow in wedge-shaped aquifers cannot be approximated by that which would exist if the aquifer were of uniform thickness except during very short periods which become longer for points closer to the source of flow.
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