Groundwater and Surface - Water Interactions

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.