EPSC 549. Hydrogeology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to groundwater flow through porous media. Notions of fluid potential and hydraulic head. Darcy flux and Darcy's Law. Physical properties of porous media and their measurement. Equation of groundwater flow. Flow systems. Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells. Notions of hydrology. Groundwater quality and contamination. Physical processes of contaminant transport.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: permission of the instructor