A Field Site for Studying Surface and Subsurface Water

通过扩大该大学研究地表水和地下水的能力，可以大大加强在水文地质和环境科学方面的实地经验。该项目提供了一口地下水井、嵌套式压力计、自动采样器和相关的外围设备（泵、数据记录器等）。安装这些装置的现场供地质学和环境科学课程的本科生、来访的中学生和其他机构的本科生使用。课堂练习和学生研究项目包括描绘当地地下水的三维流动模式，地下水和地表水水文图的发展，地下水化学演化的研究，以及对当地河流的快流和基流贡献的量化。使用这个场地可以确保学生对饱和和非饱和区域地下水的物理和化学行为以及地下水流和地表水之间的相互作用有扎实的理解。＊

Field experiences in hydrogeology and environmental science can be substantially strengthened with expansion of the university's capabilities to study surface and subsurface water. This project provides a groundwater well, nested piezometers, an automatic sampler, and associated peripherals (pumps, data logger, etc.). The field site where these are installed is used by undergraduates in geology and environmental science courses, by visiting secondary school students, and by undergraduates from other institutions. Class exercises and student research projects include the delineation of three-dimensional flow patterns for local groundwater, development of groundwater and surface water hydrographs, study of the chemical evolution of subsurface water, and quantification of quickflow and baseflow contributions to a local stream. Use of this field site ensures that students have a solid understanding of the physical and chemical behavior of subsurface water in the saturated and unsaturated zones and of the interaction between subsurface flow and surface water bodies. *