ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY      3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

(Slashed with ESCI 43043 and ESCI 73043 ) Explores reactions between minerals and aqueous solutions, focusing on their role in chemical weathering, contaminant mobility, microbe-mineral interactions and an understanding of mineral-water interface processes and mechanisms at the molecular level. Through a series of case studies, the course explores the societal impacts of environmental contaminants and potential role of remediation.