Academic Catalog

GEOE565 GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE - WATER INTERACTIONS

Course Code:	5640565
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	8.0
Department:	Geological Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Graduate
Course Coordinator:	Assoc.Prof.Dr. KORAY KAMÝL YILMAZ
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Groundwater and surface-water basic principles. Geologic, landscape and climate controls on groundwater surface-water interaction. Physical mechanisms of interactions between groundwater and surface water. Vadoze zone hydrological processes.Infiltration. Hyporheic zone. Groundwater recharge-discharge. Modeling (analytical and numerical) groundwater surface-water interaction. Measurement and monitoring at the interface. Environmental significance of the groundwater surface-water interaction.