Dr. T. Brikowski
Spring '98
| Week | Dates | Text Chapters | Topic |
| 1 | Jan. 14 | 1-2 | Organizational Meeting, Introduction to Geochemical Modeling |
| 2 | Jan. 21 | 3 | Equilibrium Thermodynamics |
| 3 | Jan. 28 | 4-5 | Mass Balance, Matrix Solution, Mass Transfer Modeling |
| 4 | Feb. 4 | 6, 9-10 | Intro. to PHREEQC, Automated Geochem. Modeling |
| 5 | Feb. 11 | 7-8 | Non-Ideal Solutions, Surface Processes |
| 6 | Feb. 18 | 11-14 | Boundary Conditions, Kinetic Effects, Buffers |
| 7 | Feb. 25 | 15 | Stable Isotopes, Intro. to NETPATH |
| 8 | Mar. 4 | Midterm | |
| Mar. 11 | Spring Break | ||
| 9 | Mar. 18 | 16-17 | Hydrothermal/Geothermal Models |
| 10 | Mar. 25 | 19-20 | Diagenesis |
| 11 | Apr. 1 | 21 | Hydrologic Applications |
| 12 | Apr. 8 | 22 | Petroleum Reservoirs/Secondary Recovery Models |
| 13 | Apr. 15 | 23 | In-Situ Copper & Uranium Mining |
| 14 | Apr. 22 | Final Project Presentations | |
| 15 | Apr. 29 | Final Exam |
Class is scheduled to meet Wednesdays 2:00pm-4:40pm, BE 3.102 (this
can be changed depending on student needs). Office
hours are Wednesday 1:00pm-2pm. I can be reached at (972) 883-6242,
or brikowi@utdallas.edu, general class information will be available
on the World-Wide Web at
http://www.utdallas.edu/
brikowi/Teaching/Aqueous_Geochem.
Course grades determined using the following weights: 60% homework,
20% midterm, 20% final.
Required Text:
Bethke, C. M., Geochemical Reaction Modeling: Concepts and Applications, p. 397, Oxford University Press, New York, 1996. Publisher's Description
Optional Texts (both available on the World-Wide Web):
Parkhurst, D. L., "User's Guide to PHREEQC-A Computer Program for Speciation, Reaction-Path, Advective-Transport, and Inverse Geochemical Calculations," Water-Resources Investig. Rept., vol. 95-4227, U. S. Geol. Survey, Lakewood, CO, 1995. http://water.usgs.gov/software/phreeqc.html
Plummer, L. N., E. C. Prestemon, and D. L. Parkhurst, "An interactive code (NETPATH) for modeling NET geochemical reactions along a flow PATH-Version 2.0," Water Resour. Investig., vol. 94-4169, p. 130, U. S. Geol. Survey, Reston, VA, 1994. http://water.usgs.gov/software/netpath.html