Table of Contents
Study Materials
Readings
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All readings in the table below are from the required text:
Hemond, H. F., and E. J. Fechner. Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment. 2nd ed. Academic Press, 2000. ISBN: 0123402751.
| LEC # | TOPICS | REAdings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Control Volumes Mass Balance Advective/Dispersive Transport | Read through p. 25 |
| 2 | Chemical Equilibria Mass Action Electroneutrality Mass Conservation | |
| 3 | Chemical Kinetics Partitioning | Read through p. 137 |
| 4 | River Transport | |
| 5 | Lakes and Wetlands Estuaries | |
| 6 | Sediment Transport Bottom Sediments Paleolimnology | |
| 7 | Air-Water Exchange | Read through p. 160 |
| 8 | Major Ion Chemistry of Natural Waters | |
| 9 | Ecosystem Characteristics Redox Chemistry | Read through p. 175 |
| 10 | Redox Chemistry in Ecosystems | |
| 11 | BOD/DO Modeling Microbial Kinetics | Read through p. 220 |
| 12 | Photochemistry Hydrolysis | |
| Quiz 1 | ||
| 13 | Groundwater and Aquifers Darcy's Law Flow Nets | |
| 14 | Wells Superposition Capture Curves | Read through p. 297 |
| 15 | Transient Well Hydraulics Transport and Retardation | |
| 16 | Unsaturated Zone Flow NAPL | Read through p. 346 |
| 17 | Biodegradation Bioremediation | |
| 18 | Atmospheric Structure Adiabatic Lapse Rates | Read through p. 398 |
| 19 | Global, Synoptic, Local Scale Circulation | |
| 20 | Gaussian Plume Modeling Deposition Processes | |
| 21 | Tropospheric Chemistry Acid Deposition | |
| 22 | Stratospheric Chemistry Radiative Activity of Gases | |
| 23 | Court Case I | |
| 24 | Court Case II |
Other References
Driscoll, F. Groundwater and Wells. New York, NY: Reynolds Guyar, 1986. ISBN: 0961645601.
Freeze, R. A., and J. A. Cherry. Groundwater. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979. ISBN: 0133653129.
Morel, F. M. M., and J. G. Hering. Principles and Application of Aquatic Chemistry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1993. ISBN: 0471548960.
Reid, G., and R. Wood. Ecology of Inland Waters and Estuaries. New York, NY: Van Nostrand, 1976. ISBN: 0442176058.
Schwarzenbach, R. P., P. M. Gschwend, and D. M. Imboden. Environmental Organic Chemistry. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1993. ISBN: 0471125881.
Stern, A. C., R. W. Boubel, D. B. Turner, and D. L. Fox. Fundamentals of Air Pollution. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1984. ISBN: 0121189309.
Stumm, W., and J. J. Morgan. Aquatic Chemistry. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1981. ISBN: 0471511846.
Thibodeaux, L. Chemodynamics. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1979. ISBN: 0471612952.
Wayne, R. P. Chemistry of Atmospheres. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, 1991. ISBN: 0198555717.
Wetzel, R. G. Limnology Saunders. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace, 1983. ISBN: 0030579139.