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Praktická cvičení z hydrogeologie

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-4004/01
Abbreviation PCHG
Course title Praktická cvičení z hydrogeologie
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Monika Ličbinská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Safety of work in the laboratory. Determination of pH, Eh, conductivity and KNK.
2. Experimental design of complexometric determination of hardness of drinking water, determination of calcium and magnesium ion content.
3. Determination of the content of nitrates, nitrites, phosphates in waters.
4. Familiarization with water legislation.
5. Processing and evaluation of the data obtained.
6.– 7. Cut preparation – cutting, grinding, lapping, gluing, covering
8. Preparation of sanding - cutting, grinding, polishing
9. Strengthening of samples - watering (cold, hot)
10. Polarizing microscope and observation in passing light. Determine the size of the grain. Properties of minerals observed in parallel polarizers.
11. Properties of minerals when observed in crossed polarizers. Extinguishing. Interference colors. Compensators. Addcrements and transformations. Working with compensators.
12. Microscopy of selected rock-forming minerals of rock structures.
13. Microscopy of minerals in reflected light, observation of binocular magnifying glass, use of digital image analysis and image processing.

E-learning

E-learning is not part of the course.

Literature

FETTER, C.W. Applied hydrogeology. 4th Edition. Prentice - Hall, Inc, 2001, 598 s. ISBN 0-13-088239-9 
BRASSINGTON, R. Field Hydrogeology. London : Geological Society of London, 2007, 264 s. 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, 528 s. ISBN 978-0471597629 
JIAO, J., POST, V. Coastal Hydrogeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 404 s. ISBN 978-1-139-34414-2 , https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139344142

Advised literature

ANDERSON, M.G., MCDONNELL, J.J. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. 5 vols. Chichester, UK: John Wiley, 2005, 3456 s. ISBN 978-0-471-49103-3 
MAIDMENT, D., ED. Handbook of Hydrology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993, 1424 s. ISBN 978-0-070-39732-3 
GUPTA, R.S. Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems. 3rd edition. Long Grove, IL: Waveland, 2008, 896 s. ISBN 978-1-577-66455-0 
PENNINGTON, K.L., CECH, T.V. Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 468 s. ISBN 978-0-521-86988-1