Selected chapters from karst water hydrology

Objectives of the course

Student gets acquainted with the most important karst aquifer research method - underground water tracing.

Prerequisites

1st year of the programme Karstology of the School of Karst Studies.

Assessment methods

Oral examination or examination by distance for the whole module, seminar presentation.

Course contents

Beside general introduction to the topic the contents is focused upon the tracers, the execution of tracing tests and the interpretation of the results.

Recommended reading

• Bakalowicz, M., 1994: Water Geochemistry: Water Quality and Dynamics.- In: Gilbert, J., D.L. Danielopol & J.A. Stanford (Ed.): Groundwater Ecology, 97-129, Academic Press, San Diego etc.
• Dreybrodt, W., 1988: Processes in Karst Systems. Physics, Chemistry and Geology.- Springer-Verlag, 288 pp, Berlin
• Ford, D.C. & P.W. Williams, 1989: Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology.- Unwin Hyman, 601 pp, London
• Gospodarič, R. & P. Habič, 1976: Underground water tracing. Investigations in Slovenia 1972-1975.- Institute for Karst Research SAZU, 312 pp, Ljubljana
• Hötzl, H. & A. Werner (Eds.), 1992: Tracer Hydrology 92.- A.A. Balkema, 464 pp, Rotterdam
• Käss, W., 1998: Tracing Technique in Geohydrology.- A.A. Balkema, 581 pp, Rotterdam
• Kranjc, A. (Ed.), 1997: Karst Hydrogeological Investigations in South-Western Slovenia.- Acta carsologica, 26/1, 388 pp, Ljubljana
• Kranjc, A. (Ed.), 1997: Tracer Hydrology 97.- A.A. Balkema, 450 pp, Rotterdam