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Groundwater Hydrology

3-1-8 units · Graduate

Presents the fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. Topics include Darcy equation, flow nets, mass conservation, the aquifer flow equation, heterogeneity and anisotropy, storage properties, regional circulation, unsaturated flow, recharge, stream-aquifer interaction, well hydraulics, flow through fractured rock, numerical models, groundwater quality, contaminant transport processes, dispersion, decay, and adsorption. Includes laboratory and computer demonstrations. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

Fall 2005

Topics

  • Course Introduction, Water Balance Equation
  • Aquifers, Porosity, and Darcy’s Law
  • Hydraulic Head and Fluid Potential
  • Continuity and Flow Nets
  • Groundwater Flow Patterns
  • Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions
  • Transient Systems and Groundwater Storage
  • Pump Test Analysis
  • Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Flow
  • Superposition
  • Solute Transport in Groundwater
  • Soil Moisture I
  • Soil Moisture II
  • Natural Tracers
  • Hydraulic Conductivity: The Permeater

Readings

  • Domenico, Patrick A., and Franklin W. Schwartz. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1998. ISBN: 0471597627.
    Listed reading
  • Freeze, Alan R., and John A. Cherry. Groundwater. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979. ISBN: 0133653129.
    Listed reading
  • Marsily, Ghislain De. Quantitative Hydrogeology: Groundwater Hydrology for Engineers. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, 1986. ISBN: 0122089162.
    Listed reading
  • Bear, Jacob. Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media. New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1988. ISBN: 0486656756.
    Listed reading
  • ———. Hydraulics of Groundwater. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill College, 1980. ISBN: 0070041709.
    Listed reading
  • Sahimi, Muhammad. Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Fractured Rock. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 1995. ISBN: 3527292608.
    Listed reading
  • Fetter, C. W. Contaminant Hydrogeology . 2nd ed. Upper Saddle, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 0137512155.
    Listed reading
  • Todd, David Keith. Groundwater Hydrology . New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1980. ISBN: 047187616X.
    Listed reading
  • Hillel, Daniel. Fundamentals of Soil Physics . New York, NY: Academic Press, 1980. ISBN: 0123485606.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Subject meets with 1.072 Prereq: 1.061 G (Spring) 3-1-8 units

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