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Applied Chemical Hydrogeology
Alan E. Kehew, Western Michigan University

ISBN-10: 0132709279
ISBN-13: 9780132709279

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 368 pp
Status: Out of Print

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For upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in Hydrogeology.

This applied text brings together basic concepts from inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology, and isotope geochemistry to support their applications to hydrogeology, and presents examples from the literature that use these concepts. The emphasis is on practical, real-world problems, with coverage of the theoretical basics with a a focus on applications.

  • Interdiciplinary approach—Unique coverage of organic chemistry, microbiology, and isotopes with a basic geological foundation.

    • Shows students how the science of hydrogeology is applied in current practice. Ex.___

  • Examples from literature—Includes numerous examples and references from the growing body of recent hydrogeological literature.

    • Provides students with exposure to the recent explosion in hydrogeological literature in one convenient reference. Ex.___

  • Ground water is focused on rather than general aqueous geochemistry.
  • Worked example problems in early chapters.

    • Helps illustrate concepts for students. Ex.___

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Problems.)

1. Chemical Principles.

Atomic Structure. Chemical Bonding. Aqueous Solutions and the Properties of Water. Concentration and Unit Conversions. Composition of Ground Water. Charge-Balance Error. Graphical Displays of Ground Water Chemistry.



2. Chemical Equilibrium and Kinetics.

The Meaning of Equilibrium. Thermodynamics and Chemical Equilibrium. Kinetics.



3. Acid-Base Reactions and the Carbonate System.

Strength of Acids and Bases. Natural Weak Acid-Strong Base Systems—The Carbonate System. Carbonate Mineral Equilibria. Ground Water Chemistry in Carbonate-Rock Aquifers.



4. Mineral Weathering and Mineral Surface Processes.

Primary Minerals and Weathering Products. Dissolution Processes and Equilibria. Sorption and Ion Exchange.



5. Redox Reactions and Processes.

Electron Transfer Reactions. Field Measurement of Eh. PE-PH Diagrams. Natural Redox Conditions in Aquifers.



6. Structures, Properties, and Occurrence of Organic Compounds in Ground Water.

Properties That Influence Phase Partitioning of Organic Compounds. Classes of Organic Compounds and Their Occurrence in Ground Water.



7. Biotransformation of Organic Compounds.

Characteristics, Growth, and Metabolism of Subsurface. Heterotrophic Microbial Metabolism and Ground Water. Chemolithotrophic Processes. Kinetic Factors. Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Subsurface. Biodegradation of Chlorinated Solvents in the Subsurface. Bioremediation.



8. Applications of Isotopes in Hydrogeology.

Stable Isotopes. Radioisotopes.



9. Chemical Changes in Ground Water Flow Systems.

Ground Water Flow Systems and Water Chemistry.



10. Hydrogeochemistry of Contaminants.

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Industrial Landfills and Liquid Waste Disposal. Sewage Disposal. Contamination of Ground Water by Agriculture and Other Nonpoint Sources.



References.


Appendix.


Index.

ALAN E. KEHEW was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduation from Bucknell University in 1969, he received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Montana State University and the University of Idaho, respectively. He spent three years as an environmental geologist with the North Dakota Geological Survey and six years in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of North Dakota. For the past fourteen years he has been in the Department of Geosciences at Western Michigan University, where he currently serves as chair. His major research interests have been ground water quality and glacial deposits and processes. He is married and has three daughters.

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