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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 CanadaGround 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

Addall.com Meta search engine

 


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