This note covers the following
topics: Geochemical Fundamentals, Low Temperature Geochemistry: The hydrologic
cycle and sedimentary systems, High Temperature and Planetary Geochemistry.
This note explains the
following topics: acid or base and electrochemical concepts, aqueous
geochemistry and solid-water interactions with an emphasis on ground water,
chemical weathering, mineral thermodynamics and redox (Eh-pH) diagrams and their
applications to soil and mineral stability and ground water chemistry, modeling,
environmental geochemistry and isotopes applied to groundwaters.
This note looks at the oceans and is
an introduction to marine chemistry. The sub-topics of this lecture includes:
ocean dynamic topography, ocean temperature and salinity; oceanic circulation;
thermohaline circulation, carbon cycle, composition of sea water; variations of
sea water through time, hot vents and cold seeps, ferromanganese nodules, gas
hydrates, radiogenic isotopes in the oceans, U-disequilibrium dating and
sedimentation rates.
This book
brings together the knowledge from a variety of topics within the field of
geochemistry. The audience for this book consists of a multitude of scientists
such as physicists, geologists, technologists, petroleum engineers,
volcanologists, geochemists and government agencies. The topics represented
facilitate as establishing a starting point for new ideas and further
contributions.