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
Examples of hydrogeology in a Sentence
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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.
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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
Famiglietti is a hydrologist and director of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan, where Ferguson is an associate professor focusing on hydrogeology.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2021
Consider an example from a science that generates few partisan arguments: hydrogeology.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
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
Famiglietti is a hydrologist and director of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan, where Ferguson is an associate professor focusing on hydrogeology.
—Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2021
Consider an example from a science that generates few partisan arguments: hydrogeology.
—Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1824, in the meaning defined above
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“Hydrogeology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogeology. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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