? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : GEO-P-ENVGSAC

This course consists of 14 one-hour lectures and 6 one-hour tutorial/discussion/presentation sessions. The lectures cover the main characteristics and geochemical processes of soils, a fundamental treatment of acid-base equilibria in aquatic systems, and an inregrated approach to redox and complexation equilibria in soil waters. The other sessions are devoted to worked examples, including computer lab spreadsheet construction for problem-solving as well as student presentations and discussion of case studies and research literature.

? This course is not available to visting students.

Home subject area

Postgraduate Research Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Friday 11:10 13:00 KB

- Familiarity with the composition of soils and the main geochemical processes leading to soil formation.
- Understanding of the chemical equilibrium approach to determine speciationin aquatic systems.
- Ability to interpret pre-pH predominance and speciation diagrams.

Written assignment of 2000 words (75% of total assessment)
Oral presentation (25% of total assessment)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Leigh Murray
Email : leigh.murray@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Margaret Graham
Tel : (0131 6)50 4767
Email : Margaret.Graham@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/