Environmental Geochemistry
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{{#Customtitle:환경지구화학 Environmental Geochemistry}}
Contents
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), Environmental Science & Engineering (JG Henry & GW Heinke, 1989, Prentice-Hall), Environmental Chemistry (C. Baird, 1995, Freeman Co.), Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry (D. Langmuir, 1997, Prentice Hall), etc.
수강 조건 Prerequisites
Geochemistry advised
강의 계획 Lecture schedule
| Week No. | Lecture title | Assignment | Lecture note | Reading Materials & Other Supplements |
| 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 | ||
| 4 | Water quality, Part 1: Definition of water quality, water quality criteria, parameter, snd standards. Health effects of toxic inorganic pollutants. | Instrumentation of ICP-AES | ||
| 5 | Water quality, Part 2; Organic, radiogenic, disinfection, and microbiological parameters | Comparison of water quality criteria from various countries and world organizations | ||
| 6 | Water quality, Part 3; Controlling factors of water quality | Water quality of our home | ||
| 7 | Midterm examination | |||
| 8 | Environmental geochemistry of fossil fuels, Part 1: acid deposition | Listing of the banned pesticides and herbicides by WHO | ||
| 9 | Environmental geochemistry of fossil fuels, Part 2; acid mine drainage and other environmental problems in mining area. | Surveying pH's of precipitation | ||
| 10 | Environmental geochemistry of fossil fuels, Part 3; global warming | Stream pollution by acid mine drainage | ||
| 11 | Other atmospheric environmental problems: Ozon, suspended particulates, and NOx | What is CCS (carbon capture & storage)? | ||
| 12 | Environmental Geochemistry of agriculture; trace elements in soil, plants, and animals | How does ozon protect and hurt us? | ||
| 13 | Pollutions from industries | Geochemical map of soils | ||
| 14 | Radiactive nuclides | Heavy metals from each industry. | ||
| 15 | Final examination |
