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Aqueous environmental geochemistry / Donald Langmuir.

By: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, �1997Description: viii, 600 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0023674121
  • 9780023674129
  • 002367413X
  • 9780023674136
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Aqueous environmental geochemistry.DDC classification:
  • 551.48 21
LOC classification:
  • GB855 .L36 1997
Contents:
Thermochemical principles -- Chemical kinetics -- Aqueous complexes -- Activity coefficients of dissolved species -- Acids and bases -- Carbonate chemistry -- Chemical weathering -- General controls on natural water chemistry -- The geochemistry of clay minerals -- Adsorption-Desorption reactions -- Oxidation-reduction concepts -- Iron and sulfur geochemistry -- Actinides and their daughter and fission products -- Geochemical computer models.
Abstract: This book offers coverage of controls on the chemical quality of surface and subsurface waters, both pristine and polluted, with an emphasis on problem-solving and practical applications. The text is appropriate for courses in aqueous geochemistry or aquatic chemistry. Desirable prerequisites are introductory courses or the equivalent in thermodynamics and solution chemistry, and in physical geology including mineralogy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab GB855 .L36 1997 1 Available 50583020022244
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 562-589) and index.

Thermochemical principles -- Chemical kinetics -- Aqueous complexes -- Activity coefficients of dissolved species -- Acids and bases -- Carbonate chemistry -- Chemical weathering -- General controls on natural water chemistry -- The geochemistry of clay minerals -- Adsorption-Desorption reactions -- Oxidation-reduction concepts -- Iron and sulfur geochemistry -- Actinides and their daughter and fission products -- Geochemical computer models.

This book offers coverage of controls on the chemical quality of surface and subsurface waters, both pristine and polluted, with an emphasis on problem-solving and practical applications. The text is appropriate for courses in aqueous geochemistry or aquatic chemistry. Desirable prerequisites are introductory courses or the equivalent in thermodynamics and solution chemistry, and in physical geology including mineralogy.

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