EAR 419 - Environmental Aqueous Geochemistry

a 3-credit course covering fundamentals of aqueous geochemistry in surface water and groundwater

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NoteArchived teaching materials — Fall 2024

These materials remain publicly available for reference. Enrolled students should use the syllabus and instructions for their current term.

Course description

This course, Environmental Aqueous Geochemistry, is designed to teach processes and evolution of the chemical composition of water in the natural hydrologic cycle as well as methods of hydrochemical interpretation applied to ground water and pollution problems.

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

1. evaluate chemical data to understand how water sources vary across the environment
2. calculate thermodynamic and kinetic parameters to model geochemical processes
3. use analytical techniques to determine the chemical properties of water samples collected from a field setting
4. interpret and communicate scientific results through a written report and via class discussion of scientific literature

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Course format

These materials are from the Fall 2024 in-person offering of EAR 419 in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Syracuse University.