Research Catalog

Title

Aqueous environmental geochemistry / Donald Langmuir.

Author

Langmuir, Donald.

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1997.

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Description

viii, 600 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

This book offers coverage of controls on the chemical quality of surface and subsurface waters, both pristine and polluted, with an emphasis on problem-solving and practical applications. The text is appropriate for courses in aqueous geochemistry or aquatic chemistry. Desirable prerequisites are introductory courses or the equivalent in thermodynamics and solution chemistry, and in physical geology including mineralogy.

Subject

• Environmental geochemistry
• Water chemistry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 562-589) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Thermochemical principles -- Chemical kinetics -- Aqueous complexes -- Activity coefficients of dissolved species -- Acids and bases -- Carbonate chemistry -- Chemical weathering -- General controls on natural water chemistry -- The geochemistry of clay minerals -- Adsorption-Desorption reactions -- Oxidation-reduction concepts -- Iron and sulfur geochemistry -- Actinides and their daughter and fission products -- Geochemical computer models.

ISBN

0023674121

LCCN

^^^96037614^

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Harvard Library