Curriculum subject

Hydrogeology and Estonian Geology

Subject
Subject code	ATÖ341
Subject name	Hydrogeology and Estonian Geology
Credit points	5 ECTS
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2014 KT
Study year	1
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

Subject loads
Lecture	40
Practice	24

General description
Short course description: explanation of the principle notions of geology, structure of the Earth, internal and external forces, weathering, the effects of running water, the seas, and glaciers. The earth’s geological past. Estonia’s geological structure and natural resources. Reading geological maps. Explanation of the principle notions of hydrogeology, the origin of ground water, types of ground water, its physical and chemical properties and their change in time and space. The main Estonian ground water layers, the chemical zonality of ground water. Laws of ground water movement. The Water Act and ground water protection. Reading hydro geological maps.

General aim
The objective of the course is to introduce the structure of the planet Earth, geological processes in general, and the geological structure of Estonia as well as the principle notions of hydrogeology and hydro geological conditions in Estonia.

Aim
Student: - knows the structure of the Earth and the processes that created it; - knows the genesis of surface and ground water and the processes that take place in them.

Form description
Lectures, seminars, independent work

Literature
1. Ivar Arold, Anto Raukas, Herbert Viiding. Geoloogia Alused. Tallinn: Valgus, 1987. 2. Anto Raukas. Geoloogia ja geofüüsika alused. Tallinn: Eesti Mereakadeemia, 2003. 3. Eesti loodus. Koostanud Anto Raukas. Tallinn: Valgus ja Eesti Entsüklopeedia-kirjastus. 1995. 4. K.Ojaste. Hüdrogeoloogia. Tallinn: TPI Mäekateeder, 1967. 5. E.Tšeban. Eesti NSV põhjavesi ja selle kasutamine. Tallinn: Valgus, 1975. 6. Michael Price. Introducing groundwater. London and New York: Taylor & Francis, 2002.

Current rounds
None