California State University, Sacramento

 

Geology 500- M.S. thesis project

 

Syllabus

 

 

Week 1:  Local stratigraphy

 

Tertiary and Quaternary Geology of the Sacramento area

 

Week 2: Well construction

 

CSUS well logs

 

Week 3: Slug tests, unconfined aquifer

 

Week 3 readings and data

 

Week 4: Slug tests in high K (under-damped) systems

 

Week 4 readings and data

 

Week 5: Theis solution: non steady-state flow in a confined aquifer

 

Week 5 readings and data

 

Week 6: Cooper-Jacob time drawdown and Jacob distance drawdown tests in a confined aquifer

 

Week 6 readings and data

 

Week 7: Step tests, well efficiency, specific capacity

 

Week 7 readings and data