part Part I: The Geohydroderm and Its Major Groundwater Containing Geosystems -- chapter 1 Water Propelled Geological Processes and Shaped the Landscapes of Our Planet -- chapter 2 Exploring and Understanding the Geohydroderm by Sequences of Observations and Conclusions -- chapter 3 Basic Research Concepts, Aims and Queries, Tools, and Strategies -- part Part II: Shifting of Water and Salts between Oceans and Continents -- chapter 4 Shallow Cycling Groundwater, its Tagging by Sea Spray, and the Underlying Zone of Static Groundwater. -- chapter 5 Interstitial Waters in Rock Strata Beneath the Oceans -- chapter 6 Salt, Gypsum, and Clay Strata Within Sedimentary Basins Disclose Large-Scale Evaporitic Paleo-Landscapes -- part Part III: Deep Groundwater Systems�Fossil Formation Waters -- chapter 7 The Geosystem of the Fossil Brine-Tagged Meteoric Formation Waters -- chapter 8 Fossil Formation Waters Range in Age from Tens of Thousands to Hundreds of Millions of Years -- chapter 9 Brine-Tagged Meteoric Formation Waters are also Common in Crystalline Shields: Geological Conclusions and Relevance to Nuclear Waste Repositories -- part Part IV: Petroleum Hydrology -- chapter 10 Anatomy of Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Fields Highlighted by Formations Waters -- chapter 11 Evolution of Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Highlighted by the Facies of the Host Rocks and Coal -- chapter 12 Petroleum and Coal Formation in closed Compartments�The Pressure-Cooker Model -- part Part V: Hydrology of Warm Groundwater and Superheated Volcanic Systems -- chapter 13 Mineral and Warm Waters: Genesis, Recreation Facilities, and Bottling -- chapter 14 Water in Hydrothermal and Volcanic Systems -- part Part VI: Implementation, Research, and Education -- chapter 15 Data Acquisition, Processing, Monitoring, and Banking -- chapter 16 Conclusions and Research Avenues -- chapter 17 Educational Aspects of Water, the Unique Fluid of Planet Earth.