Hydrogeoelogy GEOL 460

Fall, 2000

T, R 9:30 - 10:45 am @ Greenquist 107

Instructor:	Dr. George Li
Office:	Greenquist 339
Office Phone:	595-2487
Office Hours:	M, W 3:00 - 5:00 pm or by appointment. To make an appointment click the image at least 24 hours before the appointment. No Friday appointment please.
Textbook:	Applied Hydrogeology 3rd ed. by C. W. Fetter, Prentice-Hall, 1994.
Grading:	Homework	40%
	Midterm	30%
	Final Exam	30%
	Total	100%

There will be no make-up exams for any reason.

Midterm: will be 2 hours in length and will cover chapters lectured.

Final: will be 2 hours in length and will be comprehensive to cover all materials.

Schedule:

Week 1 Introduction

Scope of Hydrogeology; history of hydrogeology and groundwater geology.

Week 2-4 Physical Properties and Principles

Darcy's law; hydraulic head and fluid potential; hydraulic conductivity and permeability; unsaturated flow and water table; storativity and transmissivity; pores and porosity; flow equations.

Homework 1, due on 9/28/00. Key for homework1.

Homework 2, due on 10/12/00. Key for homework2.

Homework 3, due on 10/19/00. Key for homework3.

Homework 4, due on 11/02/00. Key for homework4.

Homework 5, due on 12/14/00. Key for homework5.

Project, on 12/16/00.

Week 5            Groundwater Geology

Surfacial process; deposits; sedimentary rock; igneous and metamorphic rock.

Week 6            Flow Nets

Flow nets by graphical construction and by numerical simulation.

Week 7-8         Groundwater and Hydrologic Cycle

Steady-state regional groundwater flow; transient regional groundwater flow; infiltration and groundwater recharge; groundwater-lake interaction; fluctuation in groundwater levels.

Midterm: 11/16/00.

Week 9-10       Chemical Properties and Principles

Groundwater and its constituents; chemical equilibrium; mineral dissolution and solubility; redox process; ion exchange and sorption; isotopes.

Week 11-12     Chemical Evolution of Natural Groundwater

Hydrochemical sequences and faces; groundwater in carbonate terrain; groundwater in crystalline rocks; groundwater in complex sedimentary systems; rate and diffusion.

Week 13-14     Groundwater Resources Evaluation

Exploration for aquifer; laboratory tests; piezometer tests; pumping tests; estimation of hydraulic conductivity; prediction of aquifer yield.

Week 15          Groundwater Contamination

Transport processes; hydrogeochemical behavior of contaminant; measurement of parameters; source of contamination; fate of contaminant transport.

Final: 8:00 – 10:00 am, December 19, 2000.