SUBJECT

Title

Hydrogeology

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

2

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

The Applied Hydrogeology introduces students into transientphenomena of groundwaterfluctuations, barometric and tidalefficiency. The course encompasses knowledge on geohydrology and geophysicalmethods of groundwaterresearch. It focuses on groundwaterextraction, pumpingtests (Thiem, Thiem-Dupuit, Theis, Cooper-Jacob methods). The course prepare sstudents for fieldwork in hydrogeology.

Readings
  • Brassington, R. (2007): Field Hydrogeology (3rd edition), John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0-470-01828-3, 1-276.
  • Fetter, C. W. (2001): Applied Hydrogeology (4th Edition), Prentice Hall New Jersey, ISBN: 0130882399, 1-598.
  • Freeze, R. A. and Cherry, J. A. (1979): Groundwater,Prentice Hall New Jersey ISBN: 0-13-365312-9, 1-604.