GEOLOGY 305 Water and the Environment

Fall 2005 Syllabus

Lecture Notes from Blackboard - in Course Documents

For Exam 1: Pencil, calculator and Must have Scantron Form F-288-ERI-L

This is a wide form which allows you to register your student information on one side

For subsequent exams, you will us Form No. F-289-PAR-L

Prof. Thorbjarnarson's Office Hours: M 4-5 PM, TTh 9:30-11 AM

Internet Assignment Information

Quantitative Skills for Exam 1

Texts:

Pielou, E.C. (1998) Fresh Water, University of Chicago Press [$16.80 + shipping: Amazon]

Mount, J.F. (1995) California Rivers and Streams, University of California Press [$24.95+shipping: Amazon]

TOPICS:

The Water Cycle and Precipitation

Streams

Floods

Rivers of Gold

Water Diversions: US West Water History and Issues

Impacts of Dams and Channels

Basics of Groundwater

Impacts of Groundwater Overuse

Water Pollution and Laws

Groundwater Pollution

Wastewater

San Diego Water

Watershed Runoff

Wetlands