Each student will prepare a research proposal on a topic covering some aspect of hydrological change. The report will include a brief literature review, a set of objectives, a discussion of methods and expected outcomes. Accompanying the written report, will be a student presentation of this proposal. The presentation is limited to 15 minutes. Students must also bring a field book or other means of recording field data.
Students are responsible for food or food costs.
The field exercise will consist of a brief walk through of the site and demonstration of the equipment. Students will then be assigned data collection in pairs. Data collection will include basic geochemical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved oxygen and water temperature. The second phase of collection will include water table level and soil hydraulic conductivity measurements. Data will be disseminated to all students.