HYDROGEOLOGY

Geology 460

 

 

 

Lecture Syllabus

 

Textbook Download by R.C. Heath

                *click here*

 

Important Dates

        Test 1:

                        Take Home (open notes/book): “Application” Section: Monday-Thursday, October 8-11

                        In class (closed book): “Theory” Section: Friday, October 12 during lab time

           

            Test 2: Friday, November 9: In class--Theory (closed book):

                        Take Home – Application (open notes/book): Monday-Wednesday, November 12-14

                       

            Test 3: Take home –open notes/book

                        Available on Friday, Dec. 7.

                        Due: Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.

 

Class Notes

        Test 1:

        Introduction

          Surface Water

          Stream Classification

          Hydrological Properties of Groundwater

 

          Test 2:

          Aquifers and Their Characteristics

          Principles of Groundwater Flow

          Piezometers

          Flow Nets

 

          Test 3:

        Regional Groundwater Flow

        Contaminant Transport

          Groundwater Flow to Wells

          Groundwater Resources of Virginia 

 

Homework             

        South River Laboratory

 

Problem Set: Surface Water

 

          Floodplain Mapping of Grottoes

                   Due Dates: 

                             Flood Recurrence Interval and Rating Curves: Friday, Oct. 19

                             Final Product (Consultants Report): Friday, Oct. 26 at noon.

                  

                   The Text

                   The Map

                             KMZ format (most useful)

Tif format

PDF format

 

          Problem Set: Piezometers        

                             Due: Wednesday, Oct. 31, @16:00

 

          Second Consultants Report:

                             Due: Wednesday, Nov. 28 @ 4 p.m.

 

          Problem Set: Groundwater Flow to Wells

                                    Due: Monday, Dec. 3 @ 4 p.m.

                  

 

Link to the Harriston Gaging Station  *click here*

 

Checklist for Consultants Report *click here*    

 

Web Links

        Flood Recurrence Example Problem

Topo Downloads

          Surf your Watershed

          Stream Flow Levels

          Theis Curve

          Slug Test Data From College Farm (2011)

          Groundwater Modeling Example

 

Course Readings

        Montgomery and Buffington

        Rosgen

        Miller and Ritter

 

Video Clips