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GEOL 783

Groundwater Hydraulics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Mechanics of groundwater flow through porous and fractured media; boundary conditions and analytical solutions to subsurface flow problems including flow to wells; aquifer parameter estimation.

Units

Lecture3

Learning Outcomes

  • examine a physical system and be able to develop a mathematical statement for groundwater flow.
  • select (and manipulate) coordinate systems and write governing equations in various coordinate systems.
  • select and apply appropriate boundary and initial conditions in order to solve problems either analytically or numerically.