Undergraduate Course: Hydrogeology 2: Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport (EASC10077)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | Environmental Courses |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course should enable students to
&· Develop a hydrogeological conceptual model into a predictive model of groundwater, contaminant and heat flow and transport.
&· Understand the key principles behind most numerical models of flow and transport, applicable well beyond the field of hydrogeology.
&· Understand the concepts of the development of the partial differential balance equations describing groundwater flow, solute and heat transport
&· Understand the key constraints required for solving the balance equations including different boundary conditions, initial conditions, source terms, time control, mesh generation.
&· Have a good understanding of the finite difference, finite element and finite volume methods of solving the balance equations.
&· Be trained in the use of a standard industry groundwater and solute transport model code and a research code including heat transport and coupled process modelling (Visual Modflow and OpenGeoSys).
&· Be able to apply the numerical models to groundwater resources management problems addressing real life issues.
&· Understand calibration, validation, sensitivity analysis and verification.
&· Understand the limitations of the approaches and how to deal with uncertainty.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | No maths qualifications required but expect alot of maths |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 17:00 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Tuesday, 14:00 - 17:00, Zone: King's Buildings. Room 304b Grant Institute |
| Additional information |
Room 304B, Grant Institute |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students should understand the principal areas,
features, boundaries, terminology and conventions of groundwater and solute transport modelling. They should have a critical understanding of the principal theories, concepts and principles and a detailed knowledge and understanding of converting a conceptual hydrogeological model into a numerical model which can then be used to predict the behaviour of groundwater and solute transport. They will be introduced to the three main grid based methodologies of solving the partial differential balance equations describing groundwater, solute and energy advective diffusive transport, on hand of established industry standard models, a research code and excel spreadsheets demonstrating the principles. Accompanying the course they are required to complete a number of practical based assignments including a scenario assessment requiring the use of the techniques learnt and an assessment of uncertainty in the modelling techniques and parameterisation. They should be able to make judgements where data/information is limited or comes from a range of sources. They will be introduced to complex ethical and professional issues and
recognise the limits of the approaches which can be taken.
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Assessment Information
Continuous assessment exercises 60%
Degree Examination 40%
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Groundwater, Modelling |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Chris Mcdermott
Tel:
Email: cmcdermo@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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