NIGK14025U Water Resources (part 1)
Volume 2014/2015
Education
MSc Programme in
Geology-Geoscience
Content
The course will integrate disciplines such as Quaternary geology, hydrogeophysics, hydrochemistry/isotopes and hydrogeology. Focus is on illustrating the worth of different sources of data. Fundamentals of groundwater flow and introduction to transport theory. Geological and hydrogeological modeling using advanced software. Hydrogeophysical measurements of key features in catchment. Use of hydrochemical and isotopic tracers to identify sources of water and assign apparent groundwater ages. Groundwater pollution from agricultural contaminants.
Learning Outcome
Knowledge:
- Quarternary geology, hydrogeophysics, hydrochemistry/isotopes and hydrogeology
- Fundamentals of groundwater flow and introduction to transport theory
- Hydrogeophysical measurements
- Hydrochemical and isotopic tracers
Skills:
- The issue of scale
- Hydrological modelling and water balance assessment at catchment scale
- Modelling activities integrating several disciplines including hydrology, Quatertary geology, hydrogeophysics, contaminant hydrology, hydrochemistry/isotopes and hydrogeology
Competences:
- Read and comprehend international literature on water resources and related supporting disciplines
- Collect and critically evaluate existing and new interdisciplinary data on hydrology, geology, geophysics, hydrogeology and geochemistry
- Calibrate and apply hydrological models for various hydrological fluxes (e.g. unsaturated flow, groundwater flow, flow interaction between groundwater and surface water) to solve flow and transport problems
- Analyze the impact of the geological settings on subsurface flow and transport
- Analyze and assess hydrology, water balance and water resources at catchment scale
Literature
Please see Absalon course page.
Academic qualifications
BSc in Geology-Geoscience
or equivalent.
Teaching and learning methods
The form of teaching is
theory exercises combined with ad hoc lectures. For the teaching
plan, please see Absalon.
Workload
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 136
- Project work
- 35
- Theory exercises
- 35
- Total
- 206
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Exam
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentOral examination, 20 minutterThe written assignment is prepared during the course and must be handed in prior to the exam week. The oral exam uses the written assignment as its point of departure. It includes the titles listed in the officially approved reading list.
- Aid
- Without aids
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see learning outcome.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NIGK14025U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 1
- Schedule
- B (Mon 8-12 + Tues 13-17 + Fri 8-12)
- Course capacity
- No limit
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Geosciences and Management
Contracting department
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Course responsibles
- Karsten Høgh Jensen (3-7a77794f78767d3d7a843d737a)
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