Geol.730 HYDROGEOLOGY (3 C.H)
Hydrology and hydrogeology, historical background, concepts, importance of water, water molecule, physical and chemical properties of water, hydrologic cycle, evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, condensation, measurement of precipitation, run off and stream flow, porosity of rocks, forces acting on ground water, water table, aquifers, aquifer characteristics, principles of ground water flow, regional ground water flow, geology and ground water, discharge and recharge, environment and water quality, ground water development, field methods, hydrological maps, hydro-geophysical methods.
Labs:
1. Demonstration of Grounwater flow
2. Demonstration of contaminants mixing in groundwater
3. Construction of flowlines
4. Construction of hydrologic maps
- Applied Hydrogeology by Fetter, C.W., 2000. 4th edition, Prentice Hall Publishers.
- Introduction to hydrogeology by Deming, D., 2002. McGraw Hill.
- Environmental Monitoring and characterization by Artiola, J., Pepper, I L. and Brusseau, M L., 2003. Elsevier/Academic Press.
- Water Pollution: Assessment and Management by Kumar, A., 2004. Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, India.
- Groundwater Pollution Control by Canter, L.W. and Knox, R.C., 1990. Lewis publishing Inc., Michigan, USA.
- Field Hydrogeology by Bassington, R., 1998. 2nd edition, John Wiley Publishers.
- Fundamentals of Ground Water by Schwartz, F.W. and Zhang, H., 2002. John Wiley Publishers.
- Hydrogeology in practice by Stone, M., 1998. PHIPEs.