Contents
Solvent processes and pathways in typical natural environments. Teaching is by a mixture of lectures, seminars and excercises. (Laboratory methods are covered by the Laboratoriekursus which is also taught in the autumn semester).
Roughly one third of the course is devoted to each of the following:
(a) Soil chemistry: species and reaction types, the role of pH and Eh, ion exchange.
(b) Specific environments: atmosphere, soil, groundwater, snow and ice, rivers and lakes, coastal waters.
(c) Equilibrium calculations; seminars based on published field studies. (The latter are treated as examples and are therefore not all listed in the examination literature).
The hydrochemical cycle: Dissolution, transport and deposition of solvents in precipitation, surface water, ground water, ice, snow and the sea. Related chemical and physical processes.
4L/P/week, autumn term (The hydrochemical cycle)
Text-books
Scheffer og Schachtschabel: Lehrbuch de Bodenkunde 12th edition plus 18 jounal articles and notes.
Evaluation
4-hours written open-book examination
ECTS-credits
10
Semester
Autumn