Hydrogeology Books
Mirko asked me today what books I would recommend in the “hydrogeology – area”. This is a relatively broad area. However, I thought it might be useful to some of you to write up a list of books that I remember I found useful when studying hydrogeology at a Masters level.
Applied Hydrogeology by Fetter (2001)
This is the book I learned most of my physical hydrogeology from. It’s ok.
Freeze and Cherry, 1979
This is a classic. No doubt. I think it’s really well written. There are lot’s of stories circulating about page 29, but hey, what a great page. Please note, that the cover is upside down… Most importantly I like the clearness in its style.
also by Fetter, there’s a book Contaminant Hydrogeology (1998)
. I’ve neither used it nor do I own it, but people tell me it’s ok.
When I learned contaminant hydrogeology, I guess I used a combination of three books: “Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution” by Appelo and Postma (2005)
, “Aquatic Chemistry: Chemical Equilibria and Rates in Natural Waters” by Stumm and Morgan (1995)
and “Dense Chlorinated Solvents” edited by Pankow and Cherry (1996)”.
For the unsaturated zone I can highly recommend “Environmental Soil Physics: Fundamentals, Applications, and Environmental Considerations: Fundamentals, Applications and Environmental Considerations” by Hillel (1996)
– very simple and “to the point” explanations! Another recommendation, however I don’t think you can get it anymore, is “Mechanics of heterogeneous fluids in porous media” by Corey (1977). “Corey” as in Brooks-Corey relationship.
On the practical side, I can recommend the legendary “Groundwater and Wells” by Driscoll (1986)
(as a reference), “Analysis and Evaluation of Pumping Test Data” by Kruseman and de Ridder (1990)
for hydraulic aquifer analyses, as well as for general field-work (as a useful reminder for things not to forget): “Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology” by Weight and Sonderegger (2000)
After having taken the short course that I keep mentioning, I turned into a big fan of “Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media” by Jacob Bear (1972)
. Jacob Bear has also noteworthy other books
, and “Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport (Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media)”
to be released in October.
There are a variety of modelling-related books, but I’ll cover those the next time!