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Hydrogeology

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0937/03
Abbreviation HGO
Course title Hydrogeology
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Monika Ličbinská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course intended for graduates of other than geological disciplines.
Hydrosphere and water in rock environment. Basic hydrogeological terminology
of water bearing rock environment. Fundamentals of hydrochemistry (hydrochemical classification system, methods of data processing e.t.c.). Hydrological and hydrogeological characteristics of drainage area – water balance equation.
Fundamentals of hydraulics of fluids and their accumulation in porous media.
Geohydrodynamic systems and their classification. Groundwater regime -
measurements and evaluation. Applied hydrogeology - tasks. HG prospection of
natural resources and its tasks during the exploitation. Exploration and
remediation of contaminated groundwater, prospection for surface and
underground waste repository constructions e.t.c. Groundwater quality
protection (monitoring of contamination, zones of groundwater hygienic
protection). Legislation in hydrogeology.

Literature

FETTER, C.W. Applied hydrogeology. 4th Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001, 598s. ISBN 0-13-088239-9 
BRASSINGTON, R. Field Hydrogeology. London: Geological Society of London, 2007, 264s. ISBN 978-0-470-01828-6 
DOMENICO, P.A., SHWARTZ, F.W. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 2nd edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997, 528s. ISBN 978-0471597629 
FETTER C.W.: Contaminant Hydrogeology. Wavelenad Pr.Inc., 2008, 501s. ISBN: 978-1577665830 ,

Advised literature

APPELO, C. A. J., POSTMA, D. Geochemistry, grounwater and pollution. 2nd corrected edition. A.A.Balkema Publishers, Leiden, 2005, 635s. ISBN 04 1536 421 3
HISCOCK, K.M., BENSE, V.F. Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015, 552s. ISBN 978-1-118- 73825-2
MAIDMENT, D., ed. Handbook of Hydrology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993, 1424s. ISBN 978-0-070-39732-3 
JIAO, J., POST, V. Coastal Hydrogeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 404s. ISBN 978-1-139-34414-2 


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