Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1243 or 1253, GEOS 3534, and STAT 3573, or the approval of the instructor.
This course covers thermodynamics and kinetics as applied to earth systems, over a range of conditions relevant to the Earth’s interior and its surface, with emphasis on the hydrosphere and lithosphere. The course examines speciation and phase stability in aqueous solutions, and pressure-temperature-composition relationships as applied to diagenesis, hydrothermal systems, metamorphism, and magmatism. Students will explore geochemical systems through computation and analysis.