GS 516: Hydrogeochemistry

Syllabus​

Chemical properties and principles. Chemical equilibria, association and dissociation of dissolved species, mineral dissolution and solubility, oxidation and reduction processes, ion exchange and adsorption, environmental isotopes. Evolution of natural groundwater hydrochemical sequences and facies, graphical methods of representation of chemical data, groundwater in crystalline and sedimentary rocks, geochemical interpretation of isotope data. Case studies. Groundwater contamination hydogeochemical behaviour of contaminants, measurements of parameters, sources of contamination, effects and remedies, case studies. Rock-water interaction studies chemical interaction of rock and water at low temperatures, thermal springs chemistry, origin, interpretation of chemical data, hydrochemical exploration of mineral deposits. Case studies. 

Texts/References

  • Freeze, R.A. and Cherry, J.A. Groundwater. Prentice Hall, 1979
  • Stumm, W. and Morgan, J.J. Aquatic chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, 1981
  • Garrels, R.M. and Christ, C.L. Solutions, minerals and equilibria. Harper and Row, 1965
  • Gasper, E. and Onescu, M. Radioactive tracers in hydrology. Elsevier, 1972