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Unit of Study GLY82001 - Hydrogeology (2019)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 5 day compulsory residential for all students that will be held on the Lismore campus. Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Extends and applies a student's knowledge of hydrology, geology and chemistry to investigate the way in which surface hydrology, sub-surface geology and human activities influence the properties of groundwater. The unit seeks to develop an advanced conceptual understanding, and skills in field investigation, laboratory analysis and computer modelling, of groundwater systems.

Unit content

Aquifer geology and sedimentology

Hydraulics of groundwater flow

Geochemical characteristics of groundwater

Isotope hydrogeology

Groundwater-surface water connectivity

Coastal groundwater systems

Field methods for groundwater investigations

Contaminant transport in groundwater systems

Numerical modelling of groundwater systems

Groundwater use, management and protection

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2019

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe the properties of groundwater and the relationships between groundwater and surface water hydrology
2 analyse and interpret borehole stratigraphy to understand and assess the relationship between groundwater and its geological environment
3 evaluate and apply appropriate field and laboratory techniques to analyse and interpret the hydraulics, geophysics and geochemistry of groundwater systems
4 construct and interpret numerical models to simulate water movement and solute transport in groundwater systems
5 identify, assess and manage the impacts of human activities on groundwater systems.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the properties of groundwater and the relationships between groundwater and surface water hydrology
    • GA4:
  2. analyse and interpret borehole stratigraphy to understand and assess the relationship between groundwater and its geological environment
    • GA4:
  3. evaluate and apply appropriate field and laboratory techniques to analyse and interpret the hydraulics, geophysics and geochemistry of groundwater systems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. construct and interpret numerical models to simulate water movement and solute transport in groundwater systems
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. identify, assess and manage the impacts of human activities on groundwater systems.
    • GA1:
    • GA2: