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Groundwater in the Celtic Regions: Studies in Hard Rock and Quaternary Hydrogeology. N. S. Robins and B. D. R. Misstear (eds) Geological Society Special Publication No 182. Hardback, 2001. Members £32 / List £70. ISBN: 1-86239-077-0
In this book the editors carefully define the Celtic regions in terms of their geographical location and show the very variable range of strata occupying these regions. This is not therefore a book about hard rock, data scarce, low permeability aquifer hydrogeology alone, as the title makes clear.
They set the scene carefully and succinctly in the leading paper, with respect to a range of topics including environmental issues, groundwater occurrence, theimportance of secondary permeability, the effect of till (especially when considering recharge), and of course water quality.
The editors have grouped the 20 papers that follow into the following headings:
This aggregation into a small number of headings is I feel sure intended to add cohesion to the wide range of topics considered in the papers. It is perhaps rather ambitious to try to cover such a wide range within a single special publication.
Although
the approach of grouping papers into headings is commendable, the
intended sense of cohesion suffers from the differing styles of the
various lead and contributing authors of the 20 papers following the
editors’ succinct introductory paper. I believe that it
