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  ENST 417: Soil Hydrology and Physics, 3 credits

Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENST200 (formerly NRSC200) and a course in physics; or permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: NRSC417 or ENST417. Formerly NRSC417. A study of soil water interactions: the hydrologic cycle; the unique properties of water and soil; the soil components and their interactions; the field water cycle; transport processes involving water, heat and solutes; human effects on soil and groundwater; as well as the measurement, prediction, and control of the physical processes taking place in and through the soil.

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