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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 2007; v. 40; issue.2; p. 193;
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/05-105
© 2007 Geological Society of London

Book review

Hydrogeology – Principles and Practice by Kevin Hiscock, Blackwell Publishing 2005, £34.95, softback. ISBN 0-632-05763-7

Mike Streetly

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Kevin Hiscock has written this text book with the aim of providing an introduction to the principles and practice of hydrogeology and thus explaining the role of groundwater in the aquatic environment. His target audience is undergraduate and graduate students in earth and environmental sciences. The book is clearly written and very well illustrated: the large page size being used to good effect. A distinguishing feature is the extensive use of text boxes to set out case studies and examples. Whilst these can, in places, break up the main text, they are generally eye catching and illustrate what can otherwise be a fairly dull theory in an interesting manner. Many of the case studies are based on Hiscock's research interests at UEA and they have a wide geographic spread, with over half being from outside the UK. In a similar way, a whole chapter devoted to environmental isotope hydrogeology reflects a topic which is close to the author's heart. In reviewing this text book I felt that it was important to make a direct comparison with those other stalwarts of generations of hydrogeology students: Freeze and Cherry's (now rather dated) ‘Groundwater’ and Domenico and Schwartz's ‘Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology’. Clearly at over twice the length of Hiscock's book, the latter is able to treat many of the subjects in far more detail and is perhaps more appropriate as a technical support on the shelf of an applied hydrogeologist. However, I felt that ‘Hydrogeology Principles and Practice’ stood its own against . . . [Full Text of this Article]