• Class notes: Course Introduction
• Class notes: Environmental Sampling
• Class notes: Alkalinity
• Class notes: Iron colorimetry
• Handout: Environmental Sampling
• Reading: Calibration
• Reading: Error
• Reading: Measurement
• Reading: Statistics
• Reading: Tools
• Lab: Introduction & Field Trip Prep-lab safety, standards, alkalinity, probe (YSI), colorimetric analyses (Fe2+)

• Class notes and readings: Field Site Presentation 1, Field Site Presentation 2
• Lab: Field trip reports (FTR)

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (BH)

• Class notes: Spectrophotmetry, Beer's Law, Atomic Absorption
• Reading: Atomic Spectroscopy
• Additional Reading: Atomic Spectroscopy Review
• Guides and articles on ICP/MS
• Online Module: Introduction to Analytical Spectroscopy (read through "Atomic")
• Online Module: Atomic absorption spectroscopy module
• Lab: atomic absorption (Ca, Mg, Na, K)
• Lab: Data Analysis and Linear Regression in Excel

Gas Chromatography (BH)

• Class notes: Chromatography
• Class notes: Gas chromatography, ion chromatography
• Reading:
• Additional Reading:
• Additional Materials: Chromatography Related Web Sites
• Lab: GC-CH4 analyses

Capillary Electrophoresis (JM)

• Class notes: Capillary Electrophoresis
• Animation: CE Movie
• Reading: CE Science; CE History
• Lab: CE (Cl, Br, NO3, NO2, SO4, PO4) Lab Guidelines

Electron Microprobe (RG)

• Class notes: Lecture 1; Lecture 2; Lecture 3
• Reading: Microprobe
• Reading Microprobe References
• Lab 1: imaging clays & carbonates SEM-EDS
• Lab 2: elemental analysis

Isotope Ratio/Mass Spectrometry (EG)

• Class notes: Stable Isotopes
• Reading: ThermoFinnigan brochure, p. 5-8
• Reading Finnigan MAT GasBench II brochure, 4 pp.
• Reading: Conflo II brochure, p 3-7
• Reading: TC/EA: High Temperature Conversion Elemental Analyzer
• Lab 1: IR/MS
• Lab 2: IR/MS

X-ray Diffraction (RP)

• Class notes:
• Reading:
• Reading
• Lab 1: Interpreting patterns
• Lab 2: Unknowns

C,N,S Analyzer (JM)

• Class notes:
• Reading:
• Reading
• Lab 1: No lab

Graphical & Statistical Techniques (JM)

• Class notes:
• Reading:
• Reading
• Lab: PHREEQC and AquaChem

Geochemical Modeling (JM)

• Class notes:
• Reading:
• Reading
• Lab: PHREEQC and AquaChem

In more than 50 major river basins and aquifers covering nearly all 50 states, USGS scientists collect and interpret data about water chemistry, hydrology, land use, stream habitat, and aquatic life in the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program.

Analytical Chemistry

• Significant Figures
• Calibration
• Experimental error
• Measurements
• Statistics
• Tools
• Online Analytical Chemistry Encyclopedia

Chemistry

• WebElements (online periodic chart)
• Periodic Chart (Printable)
• Earth Science Periodic Chart (Printable)
• General Chemistry Topic Review
• EPA Target Compound and Target Analyte Lists
• CDC Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Characterization of Geologic Systems

• EPA Field Sampling and Analysis Matrix and Reference Guide