Table of Contents
(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.
