Fall 1999 |
Applied Hydrogeology
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Instructors:
Inst. Howard Mooers hmooers@d.umn.edu
Office: 213 HH
Office Hours: MW 9-10am
Phone: 726-7239
TA: Steve Sellwood ssell0110@d.umn.edu
Office: 202 HH |
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Notes
Fall
1999 Notes
Acrobat Reader required
Sylabus
Text: Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology
by Dominico and Schwartz
Course performance evaluation
Exams, 1 midterm(25%), 1 final (25%)
Lab exercises (25%)
Class participation and attendance (10%)
Problem sets (15%)
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Week
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Topic
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Reading
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Lab
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Week 1
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Introduction
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None
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Week 2
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Introduction to hydrogeology and the hydrologic
cycle, infiltration, base flow, and the hydrologic continuity equation
and hydrologic budgets.
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Chapter 1
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Theissen / Isohyetal Runoff Problem and Hydrograph
Separation
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Week 3
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Origin of Porosity and permeability; sedimentary
environments, dynamics of sedimentary systems
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Chapter 2
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Landscape controls of baseflow and recharge
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Week 4
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Origin of Porosity and permeability; sedimentary
environments, dynamics of sedimentary systems (continued).
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Calculation of hydrologic budgets.
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Week 5
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Darcy's Law, Hubbert's force potential, hydraulic
conductivity and the K tensor
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Chapter 3
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Fundamentals of Groundwater Modeling model domains,
boundary conditions, initial conditions
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Week 6
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Mapping flow in geological systems (x-sections and
potentiometric surfaces), Fracture flow and the continuum approach
to fluid flow,
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Chapter 3
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Fundamentals of Groundwater Modeling II
Potentiometric surfaces mapping
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Week 7
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Unsaturated flow; equations of flow, boundary conditions,
flow nets
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Chapter 3-4
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Solving hydrogeological problems with models
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Week 8
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Unsaturated flow; equations of flow, boundary conditions,
flow nets
MIDEXAM
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Chapter 4
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Solving hydrogeological problems with models
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Week 9
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Basin-scale hydrogeology, recharge/discharge,
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Chapter 5
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Solving hydrogeological problems with models
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Week 10
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Groundwater/surface water interacton, lake/groundwater
interaction, landslide/slope stability
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Chapter 5
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Analysis of pump test data
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Week 11
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Hydraulic testing
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Chapter 6
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Leaky aquifer analysis
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Week 12
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Hydraulic testing (cont.)
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Chapter 6
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TBD
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Week 13
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Groundwater resources and modeling of hydrogeological
systems
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Chapter 7
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TBD
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Week 14
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Development of water resources and modeling of hydrogeological
systems (continued).
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Chapter 7
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TBD
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Week 15
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Stress, strain, and pore fluids
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Chapter 8
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TBD
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Heat transport in groundwater systems
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Chapter 9
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Final Exam
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Saturday December 18, 1999
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SPECIAL NEEDS:
If you have a disability that may affect your performance
in this class, please inform us at the start of the quarter. Methods,
materials, or testing will be adapted as required for equitable participation.
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to the policy that all of its students shall have equal educational opportunities.
The University expressly forbids discrimination on the basis of race,
color, gender, national origin, or marital status. If you believe that
your instructor has not followed this policy, you are invited to bring
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