Online Courses Handbook 2003

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

Area:	Department of Applied Geology
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Substantial completion: of the second year of the Geology program.
Introduction to groundwater, emphasizing geological controls on groundwater flow; quantitative methods of analyzing 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.