TEXT: Drever, J.I., 1997. The Geochemistry of Natural Waters, 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 436 p.
OTHER READING:
White, W.M., 1997-2001. Geochemistry (on-line textbook)
http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/classes/geo455/Chapters.HTML (save a tree—print double-sided)
Faure, G., 1998. Principals and Applications of Inorganic Geochemistry, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
WEB-BASED RESOURCES
Basic Chemical Thermodynamics http://orac.sunderland.ac.uk/~hs0bcl/td1.htm
PHREEQC (Version 2)--A Computer Program for Speciation, Batch-Reaction, One-Dimensional Transport, and Inverse Geochemical Calculations (US Geological Survey) http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_coupled/phreeqc/
WEB-PHREEQ: Aqueous geochemical modeling http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/webphreeq/
WebElementsTM Periodic table (professional edition) http://www.webelements.com/
Geochemistry-related links http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/classes/Geochemweblinks.HTML
READING: Reading will be assigned weekly. In addition to Drever, other materials will be used. You are expected to do the reading before coming to class, and are responsible for it on "pop" quizzes.
TESTS:
a) There will be two tests during the semester plus a non-cumulative final exam. Exams will include problems, short answer, and short essay questions, and are tentatively scheduled as follows:
1st exam Thursday, February 13b) "Pop" quizzes on recent lecture material, problems, and reading assignments will be given as the need arises. Quiz grades will be used to decide borderline cases.
PROBLEM SETS: Problem sets will be assigned most every week except the week before a test. You must do your own work. Late problem sets will receive half credit if turned in before the next class period. After that, it will receive a grade of zero, but still must be handed in. For each problem set not handed in by the last day of class, your final class grade will be lowered one step (e.g., A --> B, D --> F). In other words, hand in all your problem sets.
LAB: Demonstrations in various labs in the department and computer exercises will be announced.
GRADING (tentative):
Tests (2) 50%What you should know about plagiarism:
Plagiarism: As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated. This includes copying paragraphs and even sentences in assigned papers.