Hydrogeology 1 (U04294)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : GEO-3-HYDROGLG

The course covers the following topics:

* Introduction to Applied Hydrogeology foundations;
* Soil description for Applied Geoscience purposes;
* Groundwater flow;
* Groundwater Geochemistry;
* Case studies Ogallala Aquifer, Arizona & Aral Sea;
* Modelling groundwater flow;
* Aquifer investigation techniques; and
* Contaminant transport

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : None.

? Co-requisites : None.

? Costs : None.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Earth Science, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	14:00	17:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

* Understand the basics of how the groundwater flow equation is put together
* Understand the difference between transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, specific storage, storativity.
* Understand how 2D or 3D // Isotropic or anisotropic // Steady state or transient // With source term // without source term flow is represented.
* Be able to define the difference between confined and unconfined flow
* Given the analytical solution for unconfined flow be able to predict the groundwater table according to the geometry and the amount of precipitation expected.
* Understand the concept of contaminant transport
* Be able to define advective transport and diffusive transport.
* Using analytical solutions be able to predict the movement of contaminant in the underground.
* Understand the processes of diffusion and dispersion.
* Predict the effects of retardation, sorption and decay.