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GEOS 5020 - Environmental Field Geochemistry
Dr. Carla Koretsky
Week 1 (September 10)
Introductory Lecture
Lab Safety, Introduction to Instrumentation
Homework 1
Readings for Homework:
htpp://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=27010
Breath of Life: Dissolved Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay
Eutrophic Conditions in Estuarine Waters
Oxygen Depletion in Coastal Waters
Hypoxia
The Causes of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Phosphorous Council Advisory Committee
Listen to:
http://www.prx.org/pieces/33371-dead-zone
http://www.prx.org/pieces/18737-of-fertilizers-and-dead-zones
http://www.prx.org/pieces/39313-high-speed-rail-on-slow-track-shrimping-in-a-dea
http://www.prx.org/pieces/19866-ethanol-part-2-widening-the-dead-zone
http://www.prx.org/pieces/18115-corn-ethanol-more-water-pollution
Week 2 (September 17)
Analytical Chemistry Lecture: Lecture & Chem Review
Practice with DDI, balances, pipettors, volumetric flasks,
UV/Vis spectrophotometers,
pH meter,
Making and measuring a dissolved Fe(II) or Mn(II) calibration curve:
Manganese Protocol & Iron Protocol
Week 3 (September 24)
Sampling Strategies
Ammonia & alkalinity (UV/Vis)
Homework#3: Development of an Initial Sampling Strategy
Homework Readings:
EPA Surface Water Sampling
Surface Water Sampling Methods and Analysis, Govt of Western Australia
USDA Field Guide for Surface Water Sampling and Data Collection
Week 4 (October 1)
A brief overview of lake stratification
Homework#4: Lake Stratification; Peeper data write-up
Homework Readings:
Koretsky et al. (2006)
Lake Stratification
Understanding Lake Data
Woods Lake Data from Kieser and Associates (KieserAppendixA) (KieserData1)
Week 5 (October 8)
Group Presentations of peeper data (Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks)
Homework#5: Lakes & Hydro Cycle Simple Box Model; Write up of water sampling strategy
Check out online: Dead Zones (http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/deadzones/index.jsp)
Week 6 (October 15)
Homework#6: Organic Carbon in Lakes; Write up of initial sampling strategy and results
Week 7 (October 22)
Dissolved Oxygen in Lakes
Homework#7: Dissolved Oxygen in Lakes; Write up of sampling strategy and results
Week 8 (October 29)
Phosphorous Dynamics
Homework#8: Phosphorous Dynamics in Lakes
Readings:
Nutrient Trends
Phosphorous
Agricultural Phosphorous
(October 30)
Ion Chromatography Data
Loss on Ignition References: Craft 1991; Heiri
Week 9 (November 5)
Homework#9: Inorganic carbon in lakes
Week 10 (November 12)
Nitrogen Dynamics
Homework#10: Nitrogen dynamics in lakes; Finalize initial reports and presentations
Week 11 (November 19)
Homework#11: Eutrophication Remediation/Prevention Strategies; Begin work on Presentations
Readings:
Schindler (2006) Recent Advances in the Understanding and Management of Eutrophication
Nordin (1982) A Review of Lake Aeration as a Technique for Water Quality Improvement
Schindler et al. (2008) Eutrophication of Lakes Cannot be Controlled by Reducing Nitrogen Input
Smith and Schindler (2009) Eutrophication Science: Where do we go from here?
Lakes in the Netherlands: Their Origin, Eutrophication and Restoration
Group C Data:
15OctGroupCData.xlsx (pdf)
22OctGroupCWaterData.docx (pdf)
November 21 Data:
21NovemberData.xls
(pdf)
Class Data:
Fe(collection1)
Additional Publications:
Likens 2009
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