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Professor
Academic discipline: Geochimica e vulcanologia (GEO/08)
Field: Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
Type of training activity: Characterising

52 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ITALIAN

lectures timetable unavailable

exam calls

Learning objectives

to furnish knowledge and tools to the students for learning and intepretation of
chemical and isotope composition of the waters: from sampling to data
interpretation.

Prerequisites

Course unit content

Concentration units. Italian and european water laws and regulations. Water
composition and classification.
Analytical methods, accuracy and precision of the data. Elements of thermodynamic: equilibria, saturation index,
activity.
Weathering processes and activity diagram.
Chemical and isotope geothermometers.
Isotope geochemistry: stable (18O/16O, 2H/1H, 34S/32S) e radiactive (3H) isotope.
Water speciation and calculation software (PHREEQCI).
Laboratory excercises on water software and/or analytical methods

Full programme

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Bibliography

Hydrogeochemistry:
Appelo C.A.J., Postma D. (1994, 2007) Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution.
Balkema
Kehew A.E. (2001) Applied Chemical Hydrogeology. Prentice Hall
Langmuir D. (1997) Aqueous Environmental Chemistry. Prentice Hall
Isotope geochemistry:
Clark I., Fritz P. (1997) Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology. Lewis
Sharp Z. (2007) Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Pearson Prentice Hall
Geochemistry:
Faure G. (1998) Principles and Application of Geochemistry. Prentice Hall
Venturelli G. (2003) Acque, Minerali e Ambiente. Pitagora
Software:
PHREEQCI: http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_coupled/phreeqc/ (freeware)

Teaching methods

frontal and laboratory lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

oral exam

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