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EES 610: Environmental Biogeochemistry (4)
Continental environment – Fundamentals and important geochemical processes in environment – acid-base, oxidation-reduction, adsorption-desorption, ion exchange, dissolution-precipitation, gas-water and water-rock interaction geochemical processes.Hydrologic cycle, wreathing and water chemistry, acid mine drainage- Fe-S geochemistry, microbial activities
Environmental mineralogy - alumino silicates and environmental stability, carbonate chemistry, geochemistry of clay minerals and cation exchange, trace element cycling in environment and speciation, radioactive and stable isotopes, radioactive waste disposal, non-metals – C, S N, P and halogens, organomettalic and organomettaloidal compounds
Fluvial, lake, estuarine and marineenvironments–processes and composition of river systems, terrestrial nitrogen and phosphorous cycles; processes (physical vs. biological) and thermal stratification in lakes, pit lakes, classification and chemical vs. biological processes of estuaries, chemistry of sea water and oceanic circulation, biological and chemical processes, chemical budgets of elements.marine sediments
Atmospheric environment- atmospheric gases, aerosols and ozone chemistry, rain water and acid rain, S and N cycles and its effect on rain water, greenhouse gases and climate change, air pollution
Suggested Books:
- Global Environment- Water, Air, and Geochemical Cycles. Elizabeth Kay Berner& Robert A. Berner.2nd edition, 2012, Princiton University Press, p. 444.
- Principles of Environmental Geochemistry. Nelson Eby, 1st edition, 2003, Brooks Cole, p. 514.
- Aquatic Chemistry, Chemical Equilibria and Rates in Natural Waters. Stumm, Werner and James J. Morgan, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 3rd edition, 1996, John Wiley & Sons.Inc. p. 1022.
- Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry. Donald Langmuir, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition 1997, p.600.
- Geochemistry of Natural Waters: Surface and Groundwater Environments. Drever, James I., Prentice Hall, 3rd edition 1997.P. 436.
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