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EESC W4885 - The Chemistry of Continental Waters

Lecture Notes and Figures

 
Date
Lecture Title
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1 1/20 Properties of water; Hydrogen Bond; abundance of H2O. 1
2 1/22 Evolution of atmospheric O2; atmospheric H2O cycle & temperature structure; atmospheric circulation. 2
3 1/27 Formation of aerosols: sea salt nuclei & precipitation chemistry. 3
4 1/29 Hawaii rain chemistry; continental precipitation chemistry; sulfur gases, acid emissions. 4
5 2/3 Sulfur & nitrogen oxidation states; N gases; acid emissions & deposition. 5
6 2/5 West Point, N.Y. precipitation chemistry: acid rain. 6
7 2/10 Weathering reactions: evaporite, sulfide oxidation, Sierra Nevada granites. 7
8 2/12 Soils, weathering of silicates; organic acids; Sierra Nevada granites.  8
9 2/17 Large river TDS: climate & topography; Amazon chemical weathering.  9
10 2/19 Introduction to the New York City water supply system.  10
11 2/24

NYC water supply system operations and monitoring

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2/26 Large river TSS: South Asia, Indus, & Tarbela Dam: sedimentation & seepage water chemistry.  12
13 3/2 Hudson River & Estuary contaminant behavior: dissolved oxygen, nutrients, persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons.  13
14 3/4 River and groundwater chemistry in Australia. 14
15 3/9 Arsenic and other groundwater contaminants from landfills. 15
16 3/11

MIDTERM EXAM (Lectures 1-15)
Exam key and Excel file.

 
  3/15-3/19 Spring Break.  
17 3/23

17A: Classifications and principles of aqueous geochemistry.
17B: General chemical equilibrium relationships. (pdfs)

 
18 3/25 Complexation and solubility equilibria. (pdf)  
19 3/30 Exchange equilibria with solid surfaces. (pdf)  
20 4/1 Exchange equilibria with solid surfaces (continued).  
21 4/6 Acid-base equilibria. (pdf)  
22 4/8 Oxidation-reduction equilibria. (pdf)  
23 4/13 Classification of micro-organisms - biological processes exploit redox reactions and regulate pe.  
24 4/15 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.  
25 4/20 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (cont.).  
26 4/22 Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (cont.).  
27 4/27 Lakes.  
28 4/29 Lakes (cont.).  
  5/13 Final Exam. 9:00 AM, 558 Schermerhorn  


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