Course title
地球化学   [Geochemistry]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 01en1002
Instructor(s)
高田 秀重, 楊 宗興, 梅澤 有, 中嶋 吉弘   [TAKADA Hideshige, YO Muneoki, UMEZAWA Yu, NAKASHIMA Yoshihiro]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office 3-211  Email address

Course description
Geochemical concept and approach related to environmental poroblems will be provided by 4 professors.
Expected Learning
To understand basic knowledge and conept of material cycle and geochemical approaches. They are essntial to scientifically tackle with environmental problems.
Course schedule
The following topics will be provided every week in Japanese.
Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry
The global water cycle
The global carbon cycle and climate change
The global nitrogen cycle and eutrophication
Molecular marker approach for pollution study
The abundance of elements in the universe and their origin
Geochemical cycle; the mechanisms of element concentration
Biogeochemical cycle; stoichiometry
Geochemistry in the ocean
Basics of stable isotope in earth science
Application of stable isotopes in ecological studies
Application of stable isotopes in hydrological studies
Structure of the atmosphere-vertical distribution and ozone layer-
Structure of the atmosphere-horizontal distribution and transboundary air pollution-
Chemical reaction in troposphere
Prerequisites
Knowledge on basic chemistry on high school level is required.
In addition to 30 hours in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the classes spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.
Related lecture : “Terrestrial environmental sciences, "Geology", "Pollution Chemistry"

Required Text(s) and Materials
Materials (print-out of slides for lecture) are provided everytime.
References
Biogeochemistry by Schledinger (ISBN 0-12-625155-X)
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3/27/2019 7:28:26 PM