Envg.815 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY (3 C.H)
Origin and occurrence of natural compounds on earth surface; chemical composition and structure of earth, interaction between land (lithosphere), living objects (biosphere), water (hydrosphere), air (atmosphere), biogeochemical cycles (the pathway of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, water through which these and other elements move through both biotic (bioshpere) and abiotic compartments of earth (lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere), element storage (system that hold elements for some time such as soil/plants/microorganisms/marine plants), elements release to the natural environment via precipitation, evaporation, leaching, rainfall, erosion, snow melting, landslides, floods, interaction between elements and terrestrial/marine system, distribution/abundance/classification of elements, natural attenuation (factors/processes), degradation, beneficial/harmful impact associated with release of elements on terrestrial/marine ecosystems and human health, biotransformation of toxic pollutants case studies, techniques for risk assessment.
Books Recommended:
- Contaminant geochemistry: interactions and transport in the subsurface environment by Berkowitz, B., Dror, I., Yaron, B., 2008. Springer. USA.
- Concepts and applications in environmental geochemistry by Rupali, D., and Hannigan, R., 2007. Elsevier. USA.
- Environmental toxicology by Kungolos, A., Brebbia, C. A., and Samaras, C. P., 2006. WIT Press. U.K.
- Environmental toxicology: biological and health effects of pollutants by Ming-Ho Yu., 2005. CRC Press. Boca Raton.
- Environmental geochemistry by Heinrich, D., and Turekian, K., 2004. Elsevier Pergamon. The University of Michigan. USA.
- Principles of environmental geochemistry by Nelson, 2003. Thomson-Brooks/Cole. UK.
- Environmental toxicology and risk assessment by John, P., Giesy, D., Schrenk, M., 2003. Oxford Pergamon Press. U.K.