GEO300 Advanced Hydrogeology

Knowledge

The student should through the course have acquired knowledge about quantitative methods for describing water and solute transport in the unsaturated and saturated zones. Knowledge obtained about geo-chemical processes, dispersion, diffusion, retardation and degradation should be sufficient for the student to be able to evaluate the effect of human activities on the aquifer system. Students will become familiar with methods to describe the subsurface, including geophysical methods and geostatistics, as well as the use of groundwater models for quantitative prediction of changes. The student should be able to evaluate the risk of changes of groundwater resources quantitatively and qualitatively in view of sustainable management of groundwater.

Skills The student should, on the basis of available national databases and information on geological conditions combined with a specific type of pollution, be able to set up a conceptual model for pollution transport in groundwater. Based on a known situation, the student should be able to suggest methods to characterize a pollution situation, and be able to predict/estimate the outcome of such a situation using model tools tought in the course, and uncertainties / limitations of measurement methods (field and laboratory) and model calculations.

General competence Analyze a complex situation, spatially and over time. Be able to present a problem, explain methods, data, analysis results and discuss these with people both with and without backrgound on groundwater .