ENVIRONMENTAL
GEOLOGY
Sediment character, processes and settings
Documentation, interpretation and application
For students interested in a professional career applying geologic information from small to large scale systems to current and future societal issues.
This site is primarily used to support the Environmental Geology course that is given at Dept. Earth Sciences, Gothenburg University, but also the partially related activites with diverse partners:
Univ. Gothenburg, Sweden
Univ. Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Institute for the
Environment, Nigeria
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Univ. Uyo, Nigeria
On-going Activities
University of Gothenburg Masters course in Environmental Geology
This course is aimed at evaluating risks and remediation alternatives with knowledge from several fields, but emphasizing a geological perspective. The course is divided into short courses, and these separate pages at this website will be used to post information, and materials from the short courses.
Masters Program in Environmental Science at Univ. Port Harcourt
The main goal is to produce competent indigenous manpower capable of developing and implementing integrated, multidisciplinary and sustainable solutions to developmental and environmental challenges in Nigeria (especially the Niger Delta) and the West African sub-region. The Institute of Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable Developement (INRES) has been established at the University of Port Harcourt to carry out these goals.
Student theses in Environmental Geology at
Univ. Gothenburg
Casserstedt, L. 2014: Chemistry and mineralogy of shale oil mining waste at Kvarntorp. UGOT B797.
Brattström, T. 2014: Tungmetallanalys på en sedimentkärna från Dynekilen. UGOT B819.
Carlsson, T. 2014: A retrospective study of the environmental conditions in the Hvstens Fjord basin over the last 50 years, elucidated by sediment records. UGOT B820
Fahl, A.-M. 2014: Utbredning och förekomst av tungmetaller I Fjällbacka hamn, norra delen.
Jönsson, M. 2014: Utbredning och förekomst av tungmetaller i Fjällbacka hamn, södra delen. UGOT B826.
Robijn, A. (2012): A 250 years sediment record from the Sannäs Fjord, Swedish west coast, environmental changes reflected by benthic foraminifera and heavy metal concentrations. M.Sc. in Earth Sciences. UGOT
Ödegaard, Carlström, L. (2012): Evaluating the mobility of metals in polluted ground in Uddevalla, Sweden, using the BCR three-step sequential extraction procedure. M.Sc. in Earth Sciences. UGOT
Alazem, D. (2012): GIS model of heavy metal supply to the Kvillebäcken stream, Gothenburg. UGOT Earth Science
Ström, Johonsson, O. (2012): Metal pollution in urban snow - a field study in Gothenburg, Sweden. M.Sc. in Earth Sciences. UGOT
Zachrisson, Eric (2012): Groundwater Metal Concentrations in Relation to Contaminated Soil and Construction: A case study of the Partihallarna E45 Project.
Alazem, Deyala (2010): Urban road dust near Göta älv River, Gothenburg. B.Sc.
Robijn, Ardo (2010): Heavy metal concentrations as a relative age marker in recent marine sediment cores along the Swedish west coast. B.Sc.
Zachrisson, Eric (2010): Brunnsediment: kornstorlek, mineralogi och möjliga källor. B.Sc.
Lundgren, Anna (2010): Groundwater flow and quality in the vicinity of an urbanised part of the Säveån stream, Gothenburg. B.Sc.
News
Univ. Gothenburg Masters Course in Environmental Geology Starts in January (2017)
This MSc course is now also possible to follow as a web-based course.
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could be useful for those wanting to do work in Environmental Geology.
December 22, 2015
Internet teaching and international cooperation - INRES
An on-going cooperation with the University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) in and the University of Gothenburg has mainly involved the INTRES MSc program. Prof. R. Stevens held lectures and dicussions using the Google "Hangout" function, whch worked reasonably well considering this was a new experience within this cooperation. See page 5 in Uniport Weekly using the link below.
October 23, 2013
More food for thought
We learn geology on the morning after the earthquake, ...
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dear futrue generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria.
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— Kurt Vonnegut
— Richard Dawkins
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It doesn't matter what you study, as long as it is hard enough.
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— Per Wedel