Hydrogeology
Code: 101066 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Geology | OT | 3 |
| Geology | OT | 4 |
Contact
- Name:
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
- Email:
- juan.estalrich@uab.cat
Teachers
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
No previous courses needed
Objectives and Contextualisation
Understanding the components of the water cycle
Competences
- Geology
- Process, interpret and present field data using qualitative and quantitative techniques, and suitable computer programmes.
- Process, interpret and present laboratory data using qualitative and quantitative techniques, and suitable computer programmes.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate and process laboratory data corresponding to environmental issues.
- Identify and process the value and the sources of field data with environmental implications.
- Interpret relief dynamics on different time-space scales in terms of risk and land-use planning.
- Synthesise and select field data and process it qualitatively and quantitatively using different computer programmes.
Content
- The natural cycle of water
- Precipitation
- Runoff
- Hydrographs
- Infiltration
- Evapotranspiration
- Water in the subsoil
- Darcy's Law
- Water quality
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Field work | 7 | 0.28 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Practicum | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Theory | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 1, 4 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal work | 81 | 3.24 | 2, 1, 4 |
Lectures a practical case work
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field work | 5% | 3 | 0.12 | 3, 4 |
| Pop quiz | 35% of final degree | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 3 |
| 2 mid-term exams | Each exam 30% of final evaluation | 6 | 0.24 | 2, 1, 3, 4 |
Total final exam for students with a normal course fail grade.
Bibliography
Same as in catalan version
Software
No one
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PCAM) Field practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |