After completing the course GEOV243 the student should be able to:
- construct and balance chemical equations for weathering reactions
- use thermodynamic data to calculate the solubility of minerals and construct stability diagrams
- use geochemical analyses of rocks and waters to determine and quantify weathering reactions
- describe the most important factors that control weathering rates
- know the main chemical elements and compounds of river water and sea water and explain why
- explain important principles for oceanic element budgets and mass balances
- identify the most important global carbon reservoirs and the flux between these, and explain the most important processes that control the global carbon cycle