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Groundwater Hydrology

Prof. Charles Harvey · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course covers fundamentals of subsurface flow and transport, emphasizing the role of groundwater in the hydrologic cycle, the relation of groundwater flow to geologic structure, and the management of contaminated groundwater. The class includes laboratory and computer demonstrations.

Lectures

Cape Cod Trip

  1. Water Sampling and Pumping 7 min · Video
  2. Diffusion Sampling 11 min · Video
  3. Large-scale Aquifer Sampling 13 min · Video
  4. Ashumit Pond Introduction 11 min · Video
  5. Groundwater Discharge - Iron and Manganese Presence 3 min · Video
  6. Sampling and Monitoring Devices 13 min · Video
  7. Seepage Meter 1 7 min · Video
  8. Sampling and Monitoring Devices 6 min · Video
  9. Seepage Meter 2 3 min · Video
  10. Cranberry Bog 10 min · Video

Bangladesh Study

  1. Manual Well Drilling 2 min · Video

Solute Transport

  1. Adsorption: Graphing Over Time 1 min · Video
  2. Animations: Active Mass Transfer 2 min · Video
  3. Animations: Advection with Dispersion 2 min · Video
  4. Animations: Diffusive Mass Transfer 2 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Charles Harvey
Term
Fall 2005
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering, Earth and environment
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Charles Harvey. Groundwater Hydrology. Fall 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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