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Peer reviewedWampler, Jesse Marion – Journal of Geoscience Education, 1996
Explores the origins of the myth expressed in many early geology textbooks that clay and shale are impervious to water. Misconceptions about the effects of molecular attraction on groundwater appear to have arisen from errant interpretations of correct physicochemical concepts. (PVD)
Descriptors: Geology, Groundwater, Higher Education, Hydrology
