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EESC W4885 - The Chemistry of Continental Waters

Lecture Notes and Figures

 
Date
Lecture Title
 Figures
 
1 1/22 Properties of water; Hydrogen Bond; abundance of H2O. 1
2 1/24 Evolution of atmospheric O2; atmospheric H2O cycle & temperature structure; atmospheric circulation. 2
3 1/29 Formation of aerosols: sea salt nuclei & precipitation chemistry. 3
4 1/31 Hawaii rain chemistry; continental precipitation chemistry; sulfur gases, acid emissions. 4
5 2/5 Sulfur & nitrogen oxidation states; N gases; acid emissions & deposition. 5
6 2/7 West Point, N.Y. precipitation chemistry: acid rain. 6
7 2/12 Weathering reactions: evaporite minerals and sulfide oxidation. 7
8 2/14 Soil classificataion and weathering of silicates; organic acids; Sierra Nevada granites. 8
9 2/19 Large river TDS: climate & topography; Amazon chemical weathering. 9
10 2/21 New York City water supply system. 10
11 2/26 Large river TSS: South Asia, Indus, & Tarbela Dam: sedimentation & seepage water chemistry. 11

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 2/28 Hudson River & Estuary contaminant behavior: dissolved oxygen, nutrients, persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons. 12
13 3/4 River and groundwater chemistry in Australia. 13
14 3/6 Arsenic. 14
15 3/11 MIDTERM EXAM (Lectures 1-14)
NOTE: For the remaining lectures, lecture content and figures are posted as pdf files.
16 3/13 16A: Classification and principles of aqueous geochemistry.
16B: General chemical equilibrium relationships.		 16
    Spring Break.  
17 3/25 Complexation and solubility equilibria. 17
18 3/27 Exchange equilibria with solid surfaces. 18&19
19 4/1 Exchange equilibria with solid surfaces (continued).  
20 4/3 Acid-base equilibria. 20&21
21 4/8 Acid-base equilibria (cont.)  
22 4/10 22A: Nile River control; food production & population in Egypt.
22B: Aswan High Dam impacts; fossil groundwaters in North Africa.
Additional PowerPoint files:
Lake Nasser
Ecology		 22A
22B
23 4/15 Oxidation-reduction equilibria. (pdf) 23
24 4/17 Classification of micro-organisms - biological processes exploit redox reactions and regulate pe. (pdf)  24
25 4/22 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. (pdf) 25
26 4/24 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (cont.).  
27 4/29 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (cont.).  
28 5/1 Presentations  
  5/2-5/12 Finals Week  
   

Additional material - time permitting: Arsenic and other groundwater contaminants from landfills.
Arsenic in groundwater (powerpoint) - Examples from US Superfund sites and Bangladesh.

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Updated April 30, 2008
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