Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
Environmental Geochemistry
Prof. D.M. Sherman

Course Overview

This is the Level-2 Environmental Geochemistry course required for both Geology and Environmental Geoscience students. The goal of the course is to understand how biogeochemical processes couple the lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere. We will also focus on the fate of chemical pollutants in soil and groundwater. It is essential that you have mastered (more or less) A-Level chemistry (or Chemistry IE at Bristol) and A-Level Maths (or Maths 1E at Bristol) and the material we covered in Geochemistry.

Lecture Topics

1. Thermodynamics, Acid-Base and Solubility Equilibria 2. Redox Equilibria 3. Biogeochemistry
4. Organic Geochemistry 5. The Atmosphere 6. Weathering and Clay Mineralogy
7. Sorption and Ion Exchange Equilibria 8. Soil Chemistry 9. Chemistry of Groundwater
10. Kinetics and Dynamics 11. Rivers and Lakes 12. Estuaries
13. Marine Chemistry I 14. Marine Chemistry II 15. Paleochemistry

Problem Sets and Solutions (PDF)

1: Carbonate Equilbria and Weathering
(Worked Solutions) 		2:Redox Equilibria and Biogeochemistry
(Worked Solutions) 		3: Soil and Groundwater Equilibria
(Worked Solutions)
4: Residence Times and Reservoirs
(Worked Solutions) 		5: Lakes, Rivers and Marine Chemistry
(Worked Solutions)

Useful external links for basic chemistry revision


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