PřF:G8831 Environmental Mineralogy - Course Information

G8831 Environmental Mineralogy

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Petr Sulovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Rostislav Melichar, Dr.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Běla Hrbková

Timetable

Thu 8:00–8:50 01015b, Thu 9:00–9:50 Bp1,01007

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! G8830 Environmental mineralogy

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 32 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/32, only registered: 0/32, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/32

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course describes the role of minerals in the environment, focusing on mineral formation and changes in supergenesis and technogenesis and the impact of man and biota on it. Stress is put on positive aspects of the usage of minerals in industry, agriculture and houshold, utilising specific physical and chemical properties of various minerals, e.g. clays and zeolites. Negative aspects of mining and raw material processing on human health and the environment are presented. The role of mineralogy in waste management (esp. of radwaste) is discussed in detail, as well as its role in preservation of cultural heritage.

Syllabus

• Introduction: The nature and scope of environmental mineralogy. Analytical, experimental, and computational methods in environmental mineralogy
  Minerals in the service of Man
  Mineral resources and fossil fuels Construction Materials, Industrial Minerals
  Microbial controls of the mineralogy of the environment
  Mineral precipitation by organisms (Fe, Mn, other oxides, silicates, sulfides, carbonates, phosphates, uranium, gold, selenium, etc.)
  Mineral dissolution by organisms (silicates, sulfides and acid mine drainage)
  Minerals and soil developments
  Aerosol particles in the troposphere: a mineralogical introduction
  Mineralogy and specific environmental problems
  Mineralogy of mine wastes and strategies for remediation. Pollution associated with mining and quarrying
  Suitability of minerals for controlled landfill and containment Properties of mineral surfaces. Mineral barriers, minerals as scavengers of toxic elements
  Minerals in the environment sustaining
  Mineral sorbents, ion exchangers, fillers: clay minerals, modified clays, zeolites.
  Minerals Extraction and Processing
  Mineralogy in long-term nuclear waste management
  Mineral matrices for low- and high-level radioactive waste disposal (glass, SYNROC, phosphates, niobotantalates, silicates)
  Mineralogy and cultural heritage
  Building stone weathering, mineral neoformation, crust formation, restoration. Mineral pigments and paints. Minerals and human health
  Mineral dusts - Asbestos, silica, coal; diseases and public policy.

Literature

• Vaughan, David - Wogelius, Roy (editors). Environmental Mineralogy. EMU Notes in Mineralogy, Vol. 2 (2000); Budapest, 434 s.
• Marfunin A.S. (Eds).: Advanced Mineralogy Vol. 3. Mineral Matter in Space, Mantle, Ocean Floor, Biosphere, Environmental Management, and Jewellery. Springer Verl., ISBN 3-540-58245-2
• Paquet, H.; Clauer, N., (Eds.): Soils and Sediments. In Mineralogy and Geochemistry. Berlin, Springer Verl. (1997), ISBN: 3-540-61599-7

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Výuka bude probíhat v jarním semestru 2005/2006.

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