CHEMICAL HYDROGEOLOGY

GEO 387C /476M

Instructor Philip Bennett
pbennett@mail.utexas.edu 		Office Hours: GEO 5.224
T/Th 12-2		 Phone:
1-3587
TA Megan Franks
meganfranks@mail.utexas.edu		 Office Hours: GEO 5.224
W  2-3
Th .1-3		 Phone:
 
Details Lecture: GEO 3.222
Mon. & Wed. 3:00-4:30		 Recitation/Lab: GEO 2.108
Fri. 3:00-5:00		  

Overview:

This course is an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of aqueous geochemistry, including chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, acid-base chemistry, mineral dissolution and precipitation, redox reactions in natural waters, coordination chemistry, and surface chemistry. Case examples of natural and contaminated ground waters from the literature will be reviewed, and the data will be examined in class using computer mass-balance and equilibrium modeling techniques. There are two lectures and one laboratory each week, and at least one field trip.