Module Identifier | EAM0530 | ||
Module Title | ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMICAL METHODS | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Bill Perkins | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Other staff | Dr Nick Pearce | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 12 Hours | |
Practical | 40 hours either as 10 x 4 hours or as 5 x 8 hours | ||
Assessment | Course work | Report and note book | 50% |
Course work | Individual project report and oral presentation | 25% | |
Course work | In course assessment | 25% | |
Resit assessment | Failed reports and essays can be resubmitted to the IGES office on or before the first day of the summer resit period (normally mid-August). Written exam can be re-taken at that time. | 100% |
Brief description
This module will provide a practical training in modern analytical techniques as applied to environmental inorganic geochemistry. The practical course will include both classical and instrumental techniques. The students will perform a series of analyses on samples collected in the module Chemical Environmental Techniques. The analytical results from these samples will be used to produce a report on the environmental geochemistry of the selected site. The course will contain lectures which will deal with the factors controlling the distribution of elements in the primary and secondary environment.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to
Reading Lists
Books
Bassett, J, Denney, R C, Jeffery, G H & Mendham, J. (1978)
Vogel's Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis. 4th. Longman
Gray, N F. (1994)
Drinking Water Quality. Wiley
Johnson, W M & Maxwell, J A.
Rocks and Mineral Analysis. 2nd. Wiley
Potts, P J. (1992)
A Handbook of Silicate Rock Analysis. Blackie