Geochemical and biogeochemical reaction modeling / Craig M. Bethke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bethke, Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geochemical modeling.

Chemical reactions--Simulation methods.

Chemical reactions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 543 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Geochemical & Biogeochemical Reaction Modeling

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of reaction processes in the Earth's crust and on its surface, both in the laboratory and in the field. A clear exposition of the underlying equations and calculation techniques is balanced by a large number of fully worked examples. The book uses The Geochemist's Workbench® modeling software, developed by the author and already installed at over 1000 universities and research facilities worldwide. Since publication of the first edition, the field of reaction modeling has continued to grow and find increasingly broad application. In particular, the description of microbial activity, surface chemistry, and redox chemistry within reaction models has become broader and more rigorous. These areas are covered in detail in this new edition, which was originally published in 2007. This text is written for graduate students and academic researchers in the fields of geochemistry, environmental engineering, contaminant hydrology, geomicrobiology, and numerical modeling.

Contents:

Preface to first edition Preface to second edition A note about software

1. Introduction

2. Modeling overview

Part I. Equilibrium in Natural Water: 3. The equilibrium state

4. Solving for the equilibrium state

5. Changing the basics

6. Equilibrium models of natural waters

7. Redox disequilibrium

8. Activity coefficients

9. Sorption and ion exchange

10. Surface complexation

11. Automatic reaction balancing

12. Uniqueness

Part II. Reaction Processes: 13. Mass transfer

14. Polythermal, fixed, and sliding paths

15. Geochemical buffers

16. Kinetics of dissolution and precipitation

17. Redox kinetics

18. Microbial kinetics

19. Stable isotopes

20. Transport in flowing groundwater

21. Reactive transport

Part III. Applied Reaction Modeling: 22. Hydrothermal fluids

23. Geothermometry

24. Evaporation

25. Sediment diagenesis

26. Kinetics of water-rock interaction

27. Weathering

28. Oxidation and reduction

29. Waste injection wells

30. Petroleum reservoirs

31. Acid drainage

32. Contamination and remediation

33. Microbial communities Appendices

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

9780511619670 (e-book)

9780521875547 (hbk.)

9780521155700 (pbk.)

1-107-18218-2

1-281-24351-5

9786611243517

0-511-61967-7

0-511-37808-4

0-511-37720-7

0-511-37626-X

0-511-37473-9

0-511-37897-1

OCLC:

437197104