Application of geochemical modeling to environmental problems, illustrated with case studies of real-world environmental investigations.

Chen Zhu is a Professor of Geological Sciences and Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and an adjunct professor at the University of Oslo, Norway. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research interests are groundwater geochemistry and geochemical modeling of water-rock interactions. Zhu's recent work involves the kinetics of feldspar dissolution, geological carbon sequestration, and arsenic and antimony in the environment. He was the 2006 recipient of the John Hem Award from the National Ground Water Association and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oslo in 2009. He serves as an associate editor for Geochimica et Cosmochmica Acta and the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Model concepts; 3. Thermodynamic background; 4. Computer programs for geochemical modeling; 5. Preparation and construction of a geochemical model; 6. Speciation and solubility modeling; 7. Modeling surface complexation; 8. Reaction path modeling; 9. Inverse mass balance modeling; 10. Coupled reactive transport models; 11. Kinetics modeling; Appendix. Modifying a database; References.