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18-Geol-A2 Hydrogeology: December 2015

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  1. Question 1 Concept True/False, Soil Density, Storage Volumes and Two Gradient Problems
  2. Question 2 Layered-Aquitard Darcy Velocity Under Fresh Water and Brine
  3. Question 3 Unconfined Flow Between Two Wells — Dupuit-Forchheimer With and Without Recharge
  4. Question 4 Confined-Aquifer Drawdown — Theis, then a Leaky Aquitard (Hantush-Jacob)
  5. Question 5 Transient Drawdown Near a River (Constant-Head) and Near an Impermeable Boundary

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National Exams — December 2015 — 04-Geol-A2 Hydrogeology. Three-hour, open-book exam; any non-communicating calculator permitted. Five questions constitute a complete paper and all five are of equal value; most call for an essay-format answer with clarity and organization counted. Unless stated otherwise, water density is taken as 1000 kg/m³, water viscosity as 0.001 kg/m-sec, and g as 9.81 m/s².

Reference texts: Freeze & Cherry, Groundwater (Prentice-Hall, 1979) — Darcy's law, soil phase relations, the Theis and Thiem well equations, leaky-aquifer (Hantush-Jacob) theory, image-well boundary methods, and density-dependent flow; Todd & Mays, Groundwater Hydrology — unconfined-well hydraulics and Dupuit-Forchheimer flow; EGBC Geoscience Professional Practice Guidelines for assumption-disclosure conventions on open-book calculations.