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Chalk is the most important source of fresh water in North-West Europe, yielding some eight million cubic metres daily. The book reviews the origins and characteristics of this unique rock and the water it contains.

Hydrogeology of the Chalk of North-West Europe

List of contributors ; 1. The making of an aquifer ; 2. The formation and diagenesis of chalk ; 3. The chalk as an aquifer ; 4. Modelling groundwater flow and transport in the chalk ; 5. Chalk water and engineering geology ; 6. The chalk aquifer - its vulnerability to pollution ; 7. France ; 8. Belgium ; 9. The Netherlands ; 10. Denmark ; 11. Sweden ; 12. United Kingdom ; 13. The chalk as a hydrocarbon reservoir ; 14. An aquifer at risk