| 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) | |||||
| 梅澤 有, 楊 宗興, 中嶋 吉弘, 高田 秀重 [UMEZAWA Yu, YO Muneoki, NAKASHIMA Yoshihiro, TAKADA Hideshige] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
|
Geochemical concept and approach related to environmental poroblems will be provided by 4 professors. This lecture is related to classes such as “Earth Science”, “Earth Environment Geology”, “Ecosystem Management”, “Terrestrial environmental sciences, "Geology", "Pollution Chemistry", “Freshwater Environment Studies”, “Environmental Soil Science”, “Atmospheric Environmental Studies”, and “Marine Environmental Studies”, Participants are requested to systematically learn the connection between Atmosphere, hydrosphere and soil systems. |
| Expected Learning |
|
Students who successfully completed the course of this lecture are able to understand basic knowledge, concept of material cycles, and geochemical approaches. They are essential to scientifically tackle with environmental problems. This class is related to the diploma policies (A), (B), and (D) in Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
|
The following topics will be provided every week in Japanese. 1) Introduction to Environmental Geochemistry (Takada) 2) The global water cycle (Takada) 3) The global carbon cycle and climate change (Takada) 4) The global nitrogen cycle and eutrophication (Takada) 5) Molecular marker approach for pollution study (Takada) 6) The abundance of elements in the universe and their origin (Yoh) 7) Geochemical cycle; the mechanisms of element concentration (Yoh) 8) Biogeochemical cycle; stoichiometry (Yoh) 9) Geochemistry in the ocean (Yoh) 10) Basics of stable isotope in earth science (Umezawa) 11) Application of stable isotopes in ecological studies (Umezawa) 12) Application of stable isotopes in hydrological studies (Umezawa) 13) Structure of the atmosphere-vertical distribution and ozone layer- (Nakashima) 14) Structure of the atmosphere-horizontal distribution and transboundary air pollution- (Nakashima) 15) Chemical reaction in troposphere (Nakashima) |
| 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. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Materials (print-out of slides for lecture) are provided from each lecturer accordingly through the “moodle” system or Classrooom system. |
| References |
|
Biogeochemistry by Schledinger (ISBN 0-12-625155-X) Other reference books will be instructed as necessary during class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
|
Independent & active participation to the class (ex., questions) are also equally considered (50%) in addition to the reports from each lecturer and quizzes (50%). The grade distribution of the previous year is following. （2020year S: 15.0%, A: 43.3%, B: 26.7%, C: 10.0%, D: 5.0%) （2019year S: 2.9%, A: 55.1%, B: 37.7%, C: 0.0%, D: 4.3%) （2018year S: 15.2%, A: 65.2%, B: 15.2%, C: 0.0%, D: 1.5%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| We hope that this lecture will be useful for understanding the geochemistry of the earth's surface layer. Please do positively ask questions using question cards or e-mails. |
| Course keywords |
| Climate system, Water and energy circulation, Climate variability, Geography, Climatology |
| Office hours |
| Please contact each lecturer by e-mail. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Remarks 2 |
| Related URL |
| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/18/2021 9:11:19 AM |