Hydrogeology of the Chalk of North-West Europe

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.

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