| Study programme competencies |
| Code | Study programme competences |
| A15 | Descricións e equilibrados aspectos básicos e aplicados da Hidrogeologia das necesidades de enxeñería civil. Habilidade para deseñar e interpretar os experimentos caracterización hidrodinámico hidráulico do medio, interpretación de mapas hidrogeológicos e aprender formas constructivas de depósitos |
| B1 | Resolver problemas de forma eficaz |
| B2 | Aplicar crítica, pensamento lóxico e creativo |
| B3 | Traballar de forma independente coa iniciativa |
| B4 | Informar-se eficazmente en un ambiente de traballo |
| B5 | Reciclaxe continua de coñecementos nunha perspectiva xeral no ámbito de acción global da Enxeñaría de Auga |
| B6 | Compresión da necesidade de considerar a historia para entender o presente |
| B7 | Fácil integración en equipos multidisciplinares |
| B8 | Habilidade para organizar e planificar |
| B9 | Capacidade de síntese, análise e estrutura de información e ideas |
| C1 | Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma. |
| C2 | Dominar a expresión e a comprensión de forma oral e escrita dun idioma estranxeiro. |
| C3 | Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida. |
| C4 | Desenvolverse para o exercicio dunha cidadanía aberta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática e solidaria, capaz de analizar a realidade, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar solucións baseadas no coñecemento e orientadas ao ben común. |
| C5 | Entender a importancia da cultura emprendedora e coñecer os medios ao alcance das persoas emprendedoras |
| C6 | Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse. |
| C7 | Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida. |
| C8 | Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade. |
| Learning aims | |||
| Subject competencies (Learning outcomes) | Study programme competences | ||
| Overwiew of basic and applied aspects of hydrogeology from needs of civil engineering. Ability to design and interpret the hydraulics tests and hydrodynamic characterization of medium, interpreting hydrogeological maps ans constructive ways of sources | AC15 |
BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5 BC6 BC7 BC8 BC9 |
CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 CC5 CC6 CC7 CC8 |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle | Components Evapotranspiration and potencial Evapotranspiration Infiltration and recharge Baseflow |
| Geologic materials | Continental environments:erosion, transportation and deposition Kind of depositis: fluvial, eolian, lacustrine and galcial Uplift, diagenesis and erosion Tectonism and the formation of fractures |
| Ground water movement | Basic concepts Darcy´s experimental law and field extensions Propierties: porosity and hydraulic conductivity Filed Mapping Flow in fractured rocks |
| Main equations of flow | Conservation of fluid mass The storage properties of porous media Boundary conditions and flow nets |
| Flow in the unsaturated zone | Richards ´s equation Unsaturated flow in fractured rocks |
| Solute and particle transport | Advection Basic concepts of dispersion: diffusion and mechanical dispersion |
| Principles of aqueous geochemistry | Aqueous systems Equilibrium versus kinetic descriptions Equilibrium models of reaction Kinetcis reactions Ground water composition |
| Chemical reactions | Homogeneous reactions: Acid-base reactions, complextion reactions, oxidation-reductions reactions Heterogeneous reactions: dissolution/precipitation, reactions on surfaces |
| Saline water/ Sweet Water interface | Saline intrusion Methods |
| Hydraulic testing | Conventional hydraulic testing Single borehole test hydraulic testing in fractured or low permeability rocks Others methods of testing |
| Ground water as a resource | Land subsidence Coastal aquifers drainage on slopes road drainge dams |
| Planning | |||
| Methodologies / tests | Ordinary class hours | Student’s personal work hours | Total hours |
| Seminar | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| Personalized attention | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| (*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | |||
| Methodologies |
| Methodologies | Description |
| Seminar | Practical lectures related to the theoretical aspects regarded at the magistral lectures |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | Regular lectures where the main theoretical contents of the subjects are regarded |
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| Assessment | ||
| Methodologies | Description | Qualification |
| Guest lecture / keynote speech | The knowledge of the concepts developed at the magistral lectures will be assesed and considered for the final mark | 50 |
| Seminar | The attendance to the semminars and the work being developed at the semminars will be considered for the final mark | 50 |
| Assessment comments | ||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
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Fieter, C.W. (2001). Applied hydrogeology. Prenice hall
Feiter, C.W. (1999). Contaminant Hydrogeology. Prenice hall
Bear, J. (1972). Dynamics of fluids in porous media. American Elsevier
Bear, J. (1979). Hydraulics of groundwater. Mc Graw Series in water resources and environmental engineering
Weight, Willis D. (2009). Hydrogeology field manual. Mc Graw Hill
Domenico, P.A. and Schwartz, F.W. (1990). Physycal and chemical hydrogeology. Wiley |
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