Lab emphasizes applied field and laboratory methods for hydrogeological investigations. Field trip fee. Geochemistry of natural waters, including inorganic and organic constituents and water-rock interactions. Interpretation of water quality data. Geochemical equilibrium modeling and introduction to kinetics.
Laboratory emphasizes chemical analysis of waters and computer modeling.
F., offered 2000. Thermodynamic and kinetic methods for interpreting geochemical processes and environments. Brief review of organic and inorganic contaminants in industrial and agricultural settings. Geochemical interactions with porous media. Process-oriented approach to abiotic and biological fate and transport of contaminants.