Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Earth Science
Hydrologic Report: Second Draft Sanders
This assignment is due November 1, 2001.
| ELEMENTS
THAT SHOULD
APPEAR IN THIS DRAFT: Title page
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NOTES:
· Each of the elements listed at left begins on a clean page! · Be sure to
number all pages (including the front matter). Numbering by
hand
· Be sure that
all figures and tables are included. Each one should be numbered
· All references
cited in the paper must appear in the reference list, in correct
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Title page: Information here should be centered
horizontally and vertically on the page.
See Turabian for an example. Include a title, your name, the
class name, the university name,
and the date. Also include the words "Draft #2".
Table of Contents: See Turabian
for information and an example. For this draft, you might
want to leave out the page numbers on the right side of the page (or
neatly hand-write them after
you've printed the page).
List of Figures: See Turabian for
information and an example. For this draft, you might want
to leave out the page numbers on the right side of the page (or neatly
hand-write them after you've
printed the page).
List of Tables: See Turabian for
information and an example. For this draft, you might want
to leave out the page numbers on the right side of the page (or neatly
hand-write them after you've
printed the page).
Acknowledgments: In this section,
thank the people who need to be acknowledged for the
help that they gave you. For example, you might want to thank
your group members, people
who work at hydrologic agencies or libraries who provided data to your
or explained concepts to
you, or other people who contributed in some way.
Abstract: The abstract is a brief (generally
one page or less) synopsis of the entire paper.
The abstract should
* introduce the study in
a few sentences,
* state the methods used,
* tell the most important
results (actually giving numerical values where pertinent),
* outline the most important
points made in the discussion, and
* in a sentence or two,
give a brief conclusion.
The abstract is not an advertisement for the paper, or a preview of
coming attractions. It should
include all the "news" that the paper includes. It should contain
all the relevant data and
conclusions. The abstract should not talk about
the paper. Instead, it should be the paper itself--
just in a very brief form!
Introduction: In your thesis, this section will be Chapter 1! Here, include the following:
* an opening paragraph that catches your reader's attention and hints at what is to come
* a paragraph that describes
in very general terms what the basic purpose of
this study is
(to characterize
the hydrology of the study area) and says in no more than 1-2 sentences
what the study does to achieve this purpose.
* a section with a subheading
of something like "General Geography" or "Geographic
Setting" that introduces the general geographic setting of the
study area (location, general
topography,
general land use, major geographic features like streams, lakes, and mountains)
* a section with a subheading
of something like "General Geology"
that introduces the
geology
of the bedrock, sediments, and soils
* a section with a subheading
of something like "Hydrologic Budget".
In this section, first
include
a paragraph that explains what a hydrologic budget is and briefly tells
what the
different
components of the budget are. Then, for each component (precipitation,
evaporation,
evapotranspiration, streamflow), include a subsection with its own heading,
describing
that particular aspect of the hydrologic budget.
Note: We
haven't yet done anything with ground water flow
into or out of the basin.
So at
this point, there's not much to say about it. Therefore, when you
describe balancing
of the
hydrologic budget in this draft of the paper, at least mention that ground
water
flow has
been neglected. Another way to say that is that you
are assuming that ground
water
flow into the basin equals ground water flow
out of the basin. Whether or not
that is
a valid assumption remains to be seen!
Methods: Here, put the Methods sections
that you have already written for past assignments.
At this
point, you will probably have Methods sections for
* drainage
basin delineation
* precipitation
(average annual precipitation, average monthly precipitation, and IDF curves);
* evaporation
(average annual);
* evapotranspiration
(average annual temperature, average monthly temperature, average
annual
ET, and it's possible that you might have calculated average monthly ET,
although
it's not
absolutely necessary);
* stream
flow into and out of the basin; and
* a calculation of the water
budget balance.
Be sure that for every method described here, a result is given in the Results section.
Results: Here, put the Results sections
that you have already written for past assignments.
Be sure that for every method described
in the Methods section, a result is given
here.
Discussion: Here, put the Discussion
sections that you have already written for past
assignments. Be sure to make smooth transitions between paragraphs,
and tie together
all the material!
Conclusions: This section should be
a page or two at most. Here, sum up the salient
points of the study, and suggest possibilities for further research.
Appendices: Here, put lengthy data
tables and similar bulky information. See the
Turabian book for format.
References Cited: Use the "Reference
List" format as given in the Turabian book.
Citations should be in alphabetical order by the first author's last
(family) name. Spell out (don't
abbreviate) the names of agencies such as the United States Geological
Survey or the Illinois
State Water Survey.
© 2001 Laura L. Sanders. Last updated October 26, 2001.