hydrogeology

noun

hy·dro·ge·ol·o·gy ˌhī-drō-jē-ˈä-lə-jē

: a branch of geology concerned with the occurrence, use, and functions of surface water and groundwater

also : the phenomena dealt with in hydrogeology

hydrogeologist

ˌhī-drō-jē-ˈä-lə-jist

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The study was conducted by Payton Gardner, an assistant professor of hydrogeology at the University of Montana. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 Exploration of underwater caves is very important for furthering our understanding of hydrogeology, managing efficiently water resources, and advancing our knowledge in marine archaeology. —Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2017

At the time, the field of hydrogeology—which includes the study of how water flows into and through aquifers—had barely begun, and Bjornerud herself was still a kid. —Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 The ideas engineered into Yu’s house are widely applicable to buildings, but each sponge city design must be unique, factoring in the site’s local climate, soil and hydrogeology. —Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018 The last two wet winters have been good for the state’s groundwater, and the recharge projects to date represent an important start toward prioritizing more replenishment of aquifers, said Graham Fogg, a professor emeritus of hydrogeology at UC Davis. —Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 Working with study coauthor Graham Fogg, a hydrogeology emeritus professor at UC Davis, the scientists produced a three-dimensional map of the paleovalley and confirmed its location exactly where Fogg and his colleagues had discovered it in previous research. —Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022 To learn more, The Washington Post talked with Andrew Fisher, a professor of hydrogeology at the University of California in Santa Cruz, and David Feldman, the director of the University of California Irvine’s water institute. —Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023 Also, more recent investigations of the hydrogeology of the Death Valley area have suggested that the just-so story of pupfish populations isolated by a drying lake is unlikely to be accurate, at least for Devil's Hole. —Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2014

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