Geol.753 LOW TEMPERATURE GEOCHEMISTRY (3 C.H)
Chemical equalibria, chemical weathering, hydrothermal alteration, solubility of ore minerals, epigenetic anomalies in bed rock, chemical eqaulibria in surficial environment geochemical dispersion of elements in the rock, soil, water and stream sediments, ground water geochemical system, geochemistry of ground water, ore metals in active geothermal system, thermodynamics of geothermal fluids and hydrothermal ore deposits, biogeochemical cycling on land, late diagenesis and mass transfer in sedimentary rocks, the global phosphorus cycle, modeling low T geochemical processes, development of conceptual geochemical models.
Books Recommended:- Chemical fundamental of geology by Gill, R.C., 1985. Harper Collins.
- Petrology of sedimentary rocks by Greensmith, J.T., Latest Ed., Gerge Allen and Unwin.
- Aqueous environmental geochemistry by Langmuir, D., 1997. Prentice Hall.
- Low-temperature geochemistry by Tu guangzhi (Ed.), 1996. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Geochemistry of hydrothermal ore deposits by Barnes, H.L.,1979. John Wileyand Sons.
- Principle of geochemistry by Manson, B.N.D and Moore, C.B., 1982. John Wiley and Sons.
- Treatise on geochemistry Vol. 5, surface and ground water, weathering, and soils by Holland, H.D. and Turekian, K.K. (Ex.Eds.); J. I. Drever, J.I (Vol. Ed.), 2004. Elsevier.
- Treatise on geochemistry Vol. 8, biogeochemistry by Holland, H.D. and Turekian, K.K. (Ex.Eds.), Schlesinger, W.H. (Vol. Ed.), 2004-2005. Elsevier.
- Treatise on geochemistry Vol. 9, environmental geochemistry (Ex.Eds.), Lollar, B.S. (Vol. Ed.), 2004. Elsevier.
- Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution by Appelo, C.A.J. and Postma, D., 2005. Balkema A.A. Publishers, Netherlands.
- Geochemistry in mineral exploration by Rose, A.W., Hawkes, H.E. and Webb, J.S., 1981. Academic Press, New York.
- Geology and geochemistry of Epithermal systems by Barger, B.R. and Bethke, P.M.1985. Society of Economic Geologist.