Courses Handbook 2008

305361 (v.1) Geology 363 - Groundwater Exploration and Quality


Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x .5 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x .5 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s): Substantial completion: of the second year of the Geology program.
Syllabus: Introduction to groundwater, emphasising geological controls on groundwater flow, quantitative methods of analysing aquifer systems, groundwater exploration methods: surface and subsurface, groundwater drilling technologies: methods, economics, regional hydrogeology, water quality and pollution. Physical and chemical processes governing the transport of solutes in groundwater, application of hydrogeologic and geochemical theory and practice to the protection of aquifers from contamination.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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