The Elsach River is partly fed by groundwater springs as it flows through Falkensteiner Cave in Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. Public domain photo accessed on November 4, 2021, via https://pxhere.com/en/photo/726070, and cropped to current form.
Groundwater Lab
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Important Notes
- The reading assignments are in the required laboratory manual (textbook) listed near the bottom of this document.
- You must submit [1] the original paper lab-activity sheets on which you have recorded your answers (stapled together in order), and [2] a PDF file containing scans of the completed laboratory activities to your laboratory instructor before the end of your lab meeting.
- The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS within 6 hours after your laboratory meeting ends.
Lab Assignment
- View the video introducing the material in Chapter 13 of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual at https://goo.gl/TQWzrF.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Section Introduction, Subsections Porosity and Permeability, Saturated and Unsaturated Zones and Aquifers, Pages 342-344.
- Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Activity 13.1, Groundwater Inquiry, pages 353-354.
Videos in support of the groundwater lab — https://croninprojects.org/AGI-NAGT-Lab-Manual/CroninGWVideos.html
If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Section Introduction, Subsections Hydraulic Gradient of the Water Table and Mapping Water-Table Topography, Pages 344-345
- Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Activity 13.2, Where is the Nasty Stuff Going?, page 355.
If you get stuck, ask for help.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Section Introduction, Subsection Mapping Groundwater Below the Water Table, Pages 345-346.
- Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Activity 13.3, Using Data to Map the Flow of Groundwater, page 356.
If you get stuck, ask for help.
- Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Section Land Subsidence Hazards Caused by Groundwater Withdrawal, Page 349-352.
- Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 13, Activity 13.6, Land Subsidence from Groundwater Withdrawal, pages 361-362.
If you get stuck, ask for help.
Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, and 13.6.
Required Textbook And Online Resources
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AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy)
Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972
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Contacting Your Teachers
How To Contact Professor Cronin
Professor Cronin is available to facilitate understanding of course material that you have been studying and to help you navigate around any temporary barriers to your learning.
email: Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu
mobile, for text or voice: listed on the "lecture"-course homepage on Canvas.
Only contact him on his mobile device between 8 AM and 8 PM Central Time, and only if it is an important question/issue related to this course.
How To Contact Your Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Lab Section B (Tues 2:40-4:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
- Lab Section C (Tues 4:40-6:35 PM): Sanjukta Dhar — email Sanjukta_Dhar1@baylor.edu
- Lab Section D (Wed 12:20-2:15 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
- Lab Section E (Wed 2:30-4:25 PM): Toluwaleke Ajayi (AJ) — email toluwaleke_ajayi1@baylor.edu
- Lab Section J (Thurs 2:40-4:35 PM): Vinothan Sivapalan — email vinothan_sivapalan1@baylor.edu
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