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Course ID: D86021KO
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites: Calculus, Hydrogeology, and Basic chemistry
Course Description and Goals:
Introduction to unsaturated zone hydrogeology, including chemical and physical processes affecting flow condition and concentration of solutes in the subsurface. The application of geophysical methods to investigate the unsaturated zone hydrology and contaminated transport will be also addressed in this course.
Schedule Type:
Lecture notes and the oral presentation of key concepts followed by problem-solving and term project
Course Schedule (subject to change):
1. Introduction to unsaturated zone
2. Multi-phase flow -1
3. Multi-phase flow -2
4. Infiltration theory and groundwater recharge estimation
5. Water content, relative hydraulic conductivity
6. Retention curve and hysteresis
7. Introduction to geophysical investigation
8. Electromagnetism - dielectric constant
9. Time domain reflectometry -1
10. Time domain reflectometry -2
12. Mass transport and breakthrough curve
13. Electrical conductance and contaminant concentration
14. Archie's law
15. Parameter estimation
16. Contaminated site remediation
17. Oral presentation
18. Final exam
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