Analysis of historic and current data bases on population, resources, land use, and climate will provide an introduction to detailed consideration of more specific case studies in areas including global warming, El Nino Southern Oscillation, ozone depletion, regional drought and water management, long-range transport of pollutants, species extinction and biological diversity loss. ERTH-6730 Groundwater Contaminant Transport Theoretical and applied study of solute transport phenomena. Analytical and numerical solutions of the advection-dispersion equation and other techniques for solving groundwater contaminant transport problems. Issues of contamination sources, basic chemical concerns during transport, and monitoring and remediation are also covered. Transport modeling is also introduced.
Some field trips are possible.
The carbonate system, weathering reactions, and acid rain are examined in detail. Students learn theory, computation methods, and the use of computer programs for calculation of speciation and mass balance. This course is about the interpretation of Earth's processes through the use of stable isotopes. Applications to igneous, hydrothermal, archaeological, paleoclimatic, hydrospheric, atmospheric, biospheric and environmental applications will be subsequently explored. The last part of the course will be a guided evaluation of isotope applications of the students' choosing.