Environmental Geochemistry

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개요 Outlines

This course is to lead students to understand and think of the solutions for the environmental problems related to the realms of human activities from the point of view of geochemistry.

일반 과목 정보 Gneral course information

• Course code: 330057
• Credit-Lecture-Lab work: 3-3-0
• Grading: With Midterm Exam (30%) + Final Exam (30%) + Assignment Report(30%) + Attendance (10%)
• Type of class: Lecture + Discussion

교재 및 참고서 Text & references

• Text: None
• References: Any textbook related to the environmental sciences and geochemistry such as Applied Environmental Geochemistry (I. Thornton, 1983, Academic Press), Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry (D. Langmuir, 1997, Prentice Hall)

수강 조건 Prerequisites

Geochemistry advised

강의 계획 Lecture schedule

Week #	Lecture title	Assignments	Lecture note	Reading Materials & Others
1	Definition of Environmental Geochemistry, A few concepts of Environmental Sciences
2	Earth materials and analytical methods for environmenatl geochemistry, Part 1	How sustainability is such a key concept in environmental sciences?
3	Earth materials and analytical methods for environmenatl geochemistry, Part 2	Classification and environmental application of minerals| align=left style="border:1px #000000 solid; border-collapse:collapse"|
4	Thermodynamics for geochemistry, Part 2	What is chemical equilibrium?
5	Structure of atoms; how the electron configuration controls the properties of the elements	Calculation of the Gibbs free energy change as a function of temperature and pressure
6	Chemical bondings and crystal chemistry of minerals	Calculation of ionicities of bondings in various silicates
7	Radiogenic isotopes, Part 1; principles of radioactive decay and age dating	Caculation of Radius ratio range for a given coordination number
8	Radiogenic isotopes, Part 2; utilization of radiogenic isotopes in various geologic fields	Determination of absolute age
9	Stable isotopes, Part 1; isotope fractionation
10	Stable isotopes, Part 2; Utilization of stable isotopes in various geological fields	Calculation of isotope fractionation
11	Igeneous geochemistry, Part 1: Major element distribution	Extraction for stable isotope analysis
12	Igneous geochemistry, Part 2: Minor elelment distribution	Interpretation of stability diagrams
13	Low T aqueous geochemistry, Part 1; types of reactions and equilibrium	Analysis of REE patterns
14	Low T aqueous geochemistry, Part 2; Phase equilibria	Calculation of solubilities
15	Low T aqueous geochemistry, Part 3; Redox reactions	Eh-pH diagram

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