HYDROGEOLOGY

Geology 460

 

 

 

Lecture Syllabus

 

Textbook Download by R.C. Heath

               *click here*

 

Important Dates

        Test 1:

                        Take Home (open notes/book): Monday-Thursday, October 3-6

                        In class (closed book): Friday, October 7 during lab time

           

            Test 2: Friday, November 11: In class--Theory (closed book):

                        Take Home – Application (open notes/book): Monday-Wednesday, November 14-16

                       

            Test 3: Monday, December 11 (Take home –open notes/book; no in-class ‘theory section this time)

                        Available on Friday, Dec. 9.

                        Due: Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 1 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

          Solutions

         

          Floodplain Mapping of Grottoes        

                                                            Flood frequency graphs are due via email Friday, October 21.

                                                            Map is due Wednesday, October 28 at beginning of class  (visual inspection by Dr. E)

Final product is due Friday, Nov. 4 at beginning of class.

                   

                    The Text

                    The Map

Tif format

PDF format

 

          Problem Set: Piezometers         

 

          Problem Set: Groundwater Flow to Wells               

 

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