Fall 2018 - EASC 602 G100
Environmental Isotopes (3)
Class Number: 8130
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Location: TBA
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Instructor:
Dirk Kirste
dkirste@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5365
Office: TASC 1 Room 7411
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Prerequisites:
Undergraduate courses in hydrogeology and ground water geochemistry recommended (or permission of instructor).
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
This course reviews the principles of isotope geochemistry and examines case studies on the application of isotopes to hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry. Problems in groundwater quality/resource evaluation including the origin of recharge, identifying and quantifying evaporation and water balance, ground water/surface water interactions and groundwater mixing will be addressed. Isotope methods in groundwater age dating will be discussed as well as the use of environmental isotopes in understanding water-rock interactions and groundwater flow paths.
COURSE DETAILS:
Recommended courses:
Undergraduate course in hydrogeology and ground water geochemistry (or permission of instructor)
Course Topics:
1. Isotope Physics
2. Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry
3. Stable Isotope Geochemistry
4. Applications of Isotope Tracers in Hydrology
5. Isotopes in Precipitation
6. Isotopes in Surface Water and Groundwater
7. Carbon Isotopes
8. Isotopes and Groundwater Quality
9. Groundwater Age: Modern
10. Groundwater Age: Old
11. Isotopes and Water-Rock Interactions
Course Organization:
1 two-hour lecture and 1 three-hour laboratory per week. Biweekly assignments. 1 term research paper and 20 minute presentation of the research paper.
Grading
- Assignments 30%
- Research Paper 60%
- Presentation 10%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Clark, I. and Fritz, P., 1997. Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fl. 328 pp.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Selected Readings
Kendall, C. and McDonnell, J.J., 1998. Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 839pp.Cook, P and Herczeg, A.L., 2000. Environmental Tracers in Subsurface Hydrology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA., 529pp.
Allegre, C.J., 2008. Isotope Geology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK., 512pp.
Kazemi, G.A., Lehr, J.H. and Perrochet, P., 2006. Groundwater Age. Wiley-Interscience, Hobocken, NJ., 325pp.
Hoefs, J., 2004. Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 244pp.
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