Aqueous Geochemistry

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the fundamentals of aqueous geochemistry. This course focuses on the fundamental aquatic geochemical processes (e.g. mineral precipitation/dissolution, solution complexation, acid-base chemistry) that shape and transform the Earth's surface as a result of rock-water interactions, and associated impacts on the fate and transport of inorganic and organic contaminants in aqueous and geochemical environments. Topics to be covered include the chemical composition of soils, geochemical specalation, mineral weathering and stability, sorption and ion exchange, soil redox processes, chemical kinetics at environmental surfaces, and the nature, composition, structure, and properties of pollutants coupled with the major chemical mechanisms controlling the occurrence and mobility of chemicals in the environment. 001476