GEOG 522. Advanced Environmental Hydrology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Traditional and emerging theories of dominant runoff generation processes. Streamflow generation. Surface and near-surface solute and contaminant transport. Concentration-discharge relationships. Geochemical mixing models. Dyes and biological tracers of water.
Isotope ecohydrology. Water source and water age estimation approaches. Development, execution, and evaluation of process-based watershed models. Case
studies from forested, agricultural and periurban watersheds.
- Cross-listed with CASN 300
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 522.
- Prerequisites: BREE 217, BREE 509, EPSC 549 or GEOG 322, or permission of the instructor.