Groundwater Hydrology - CVEN7807

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 21
 
 
Excluded: CVEN9860
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Physical properties of groundwater. Darcy flow; porosity, hydraulic conductivity and intrinsic permeability - field and laboratory tests. Principles of groundwater flow. Storage and transmissivity. Groundwater in the hydrological cycle: flow nets; local and regional flow systems - springs; interactions with surface water. Groundwater modelling. Unsaturated zone flow and calculation of infiltration. Groundwater recharge mechanisms and water balance calculations.