Schedule, Isotope Hydrology, 2008
(subject to updates during the semester)
Date
Reading
Lecture
HW
 Prof
Tu 1/22

Orientation, Principles of tracer applications

MS,PS
Th 1/24

The Earth's water cycle and water use

PS
Tu 1/29

Surface & Groundwater hydrology 101
HW1 Ans
MS
Th 1/31

Groundwater flow
Groundwater transport

MS
Tu 2/5
Flury, M., and N. N. Wai (2003)
Dyes, particles, ions, and other deliberate tracers
HW2 Ans
MS
Th 2/7
GNIP booklet
Stable isotopes

MS
Tu 2/12
   Stable isotopes
 HW3 Ans
MS
Th 2/14
 
 3H
 
PS
Tu 2/19
Schlosser et al., 1988
3H/3He
HW4 Ans
 
PS
Th 2/21
 
CFCs, SF6, SF5CF3
 
PS
Tu 2/26
 
Carbon Isotopes (14C, 13C)
HW5
Ans 
MS
Th 2/28
 Smethie et al., 1992
85Kr, 39Ar
 
PS
Tu 3/4
 
Radiocarbon dating (14C)

MS
Th 3/6
 
Noble gases
 
MS
Tu 3/11
 
Noble gas thermometry
 
MS
Th 3/13

Midterm exam
TBA
 3/18&20
 
SPRING BREAK
 
Tu 3/25
 
Deliberate tracer releases in surface water
 
PS
Th 3/27
 Neupauer et al., 2005
Roseannea Neupauer
 
MS
Tu 4/1
 
Deliberate tracer releases in surface water
 
PS
Th 4/3
 Clark et al., 2005
Deliberate tracer releases in ground water
 
MS
Tu 4/8
 
Measurement techniques (MS, AMS, GC)
  HW6
PS
Th 4/10
 
He isotopes, 40Ar,  Rn
 
MS
Tu 4/15

36Cl, 81Kr
 
 MS
Th 4/17
 
Case Studies: Bangladesh
HW7 
MS
Tu 4/22
 
 Case studies: Stockton  
 
 PS
Th 4/24
 
Case studies: Cape Cod aquifer
   PS
Tu 4/29
 
Tracer modeling
 HW8
MS
Th 5/1

Perspectives and discussion
MS,PS
Tu 5/13
 9am to 12 noon
Final exam

MS