Syllabus:

 

 

January 5	Introduction	Chapter 1, 2 and 3
January 7	Fundamental Chemical Principles	Chapter 2
January 12	Chemical Equilibrium and Kinetics
January 14	Chemistry of natural waters and some facts about natural waters
January 19	The carbonate sysetm and pH control
January 21	Weathering, regolis geochemistry and water chemistry
January 26	Redox reactions
January 28
February 2
February 4
February 9
February 11
February 16
February 18
February 23
February 25
March 2
March 4
March 9		Reading from Faure and handouts

Laboratory:

January 5	Introduction and project selection
January 12	Library 1:00PM-2:00PM, Introduction to GIS 2:30PM-4:40PM
January 19	Introduction GIS continued
January 26	Sample preparation for XRD, SEM, Micro Probe , XRF
January 28	Projects
February 2	Projects
February 9	Projects
February 16	Projects
February 23	Projects
March 2	Projects
March 9	Final project presentations