EOSC 540: Groundwater
Geochemistry
Course
Content
(password protected)
Materials for Assignments
Alkalinity lab files
(zipped excel spreadsheet)
Chemical data for Baza-Caniles
detrital aquifer system (bazabasin.xls)
Web Links
USGS Field Manual For the
Collection of Water Quality Data (see chapters on alkalinity and pH)
Appelo and Postma: Groundwater,
Geochemistry and Pollution
Web elements
Bruce
Railback’s Earth Scientist’s periodic table
Introduction to Mass
Spectrometry
International
Association of Hydrogeologists groundwater weblinks
Province
of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment, Groundwater –
regulations, technical information, well locations.
USGS – all
water-related USGS links.
USGS –
ground water information page. Great resource for technical information.
USGS
– Open File Reports Homepage. Reports describing details of USGS
studies.
Environment Canada – Ground water
– basic groundwater facts and theory.
Groundwater.com –
commercial / technical and job information.
Ken
Howard’s powerpoint overview of the Walkerton Ontario tainted water
crisis.
Walkerton
Royal Commission Inquiry Report – technical sections explain the
hydrogeology that led to E. Coli contamination of well 5.
Software
Water Resources
Applications Software Free USGS software.
Journals
Accessible on Campus, via UBC Library, or by proxy
server.
Applied
Geochemistry
Environmental
Science and Technology
Geochimica and
Cosmochimca Acta
Groundwater
– widely read by both professionals and academics. Many practical
articles.
Hydrogeology
Journal – official journal of the International Association of
Hydrogeologists. Good variety of case studies, theory and experiments.
Ground
water, Monitoring and Remediation – journal targeted for
practicing professionals. Practical case studies and how-to articles.
Water
Resources Research – the premier theory journal. Mostly academic
and scholarly articles.
Hydrologic
Processes – general hydrology articles, stronger surface water
focus.
Journal of
Hydrology – general hydrology, European focus.
Soil Science
Society of America Journal – unsaturated and soil zone flow,
geochemistry and biology.
Textbook Sites
Abebooks in Victoria
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