| Module Identifier |
EAM2120 |
| Module Title |
TECHNIQUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY |
| Academic Year |
2004/2005 |
| Co-ordinator |
Dr Nicholas J G Pearce |
| Semester |
Semester 1 |
| Other staff |
Dr Bill Perkins |
| Course delivery |
Lecture | 10 Hours |
| |
Practical | 12 Hours |
| |
Other | Field course, Anglesey, 3.5 days |
| Assessment |
| Assessment Type | Assessment Length/Details | Proportion |
|---|
| Semester Assessment | Report on field sampling exercise, 1500 words | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | Report on the application of individual analytical methods to particular media 2000 words | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | Report on suggested remediation metods for the field site to appropriate environmental quality guidelines 3000 words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | | |
|
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Devise and implement a sampling programme for geochemical analyses
2. Prepare water samples in the laboratory for geochemical analyses
3. Make rational, scientific judgements on the validity and application of particular analytical methods to particular environmental media
4. Select appropriate environmental quality guidelines for water and soil quality
Brief description
A Masters level module which provides and introduction to practical environmental geochemistry. This course will provide students with the introduction to basic sampling of waters and sediments for geochemical analysis. The sampling programme will be team based and devised "on the day" by students attending a long weekend field course in Anglesey. This course will also demonstrate all necessary field measurement and collection methods (pH, Eh, conductivity), and will form the basis of a small report on sampling. Geochemical analyses of the materials collected will be conducted back in the laboratory, each technique used being included in laboratory reports, and the full data set will be integrated into a final repoprt suggesting remediation methods for the area sampled.
Content
Themes covered include:
1. Methodology for sampling waters, sediments and soils for geochemical analysis and field measurement
2. Field course to Anglesey for field sampling of contaminated sediments and waters
3. Introduction to laboratory sample preparation and analyses for AAS, ICP-MS and ion chromatography
4. Environmental quality guidelines (geochemical) for waters and soils
Reading Lists
Books
** Recommended Text
R.C.O. Gill (1998) Modern Analytical geochemistry
Longman
Gunter Faure (1998) Principles and Application of Geochemistry
Prentice Hall
A.W. Rose, H.E. Hawkes and J.S. Webb (1979) Geochemistry in Mineral Exploration
Academic Press
Donald Langmuir (1997) Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry
Prentice Hall
James I. Drever (1997) The Geochemistry of Natural Waters
Prentice Hall
R.M. Garrells and C.L. Christ (1990) Solutions, Minerals and Equilibria
Harper/Geoscience/Jones and Bartlett
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7