Shaji E, the versatile groundwater guy, with a PhD in the Metamorphic Petrology of cordierite gneisses of the Kerala Khondalite Belt, and who is also a one time Young Scientist Awardee of the Kerala Science Congress, of CGWB, Trivandrum has just now published a paper on the high-F content in the groundwater of Palghat in Current Science. He says that
" The country rock, hornblende biotite gneiss, has been identified as the source for this high fluoride for both phreatic as well as deep aquifers. Now how does this fluorine get released from these hard crystalline rocks? Here man and nature conspire: the water is alkaline and depleted in calcium, it resides for a fairly long time in the aquifer zone, and the intensive irrigation in the area creates the additional stress that leads to the dissolution of fluorine-bearing minerals and release of F into the groundwater."
Thursday, January 25, 2007
High F in Palghat Groundwater
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
MSc in Sweden March 2007 last date
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System Earth Modelling
| Duration | 2 years |
| Degree | MSc |
| Start | 1 September |
| Offered by | Faculty of Geosciences, Departments of Earth Sciences and Physical Geography |
| Language | English |
| Scholarship | Yes |
IntroductionEarth Science is a broad and multi-disciplinary scientific area. Mathematical and conceptual models have been traditionally used to describe, understand, and predict various processes occurring in different compartments of the Earth (the mantle, aquifers, reservoirs, landscapes) as well as processes involved in earth observation. In recent years, with the development of new measurement methods, continental and global observation networks, efficient and robust computational methods, and advent of powerful computers, it has become more and more possible to develop and test complex models for describing and predicting the system earth.
Prestige Master System Earth ModellingUtrecht Prestige Master’s programmes are linked to research areas in which Utrecht University holds a leading position worldwide. Students participating in these programmes will be closely involved in the research activities of these internationally acclaimed research groups.
The focus of this prestige master is to provide a firm basis for the systematic and scientific study of the System Earth using advanced models. This includes underlying physical, chemical, and biological principles as well as numerical methods for solving differential equations and analysis of data. Specific areas of application include:
- flow in the mantle
- land surface processes
- imaging of Earth interior
- flow and transport in soil and aquifers
- tectonics
- land degradation
- river basin hydrology
- river delta evolution
- role of vegetation and organisms in sedimentary processes
- global geochemical cycles
The researchers at the Departments of Earth Sciences and Physical Geography play a leading role in the world of earth sciences. They have a long and successful record in the development of both conceptual and mathematical models, observation techniques, and methods of analysis of large data sets. Experts from various areas of geochemistry, (bio)geology, geophysics, hydrology, and physical geography join forces to offer a high-quality multidisciplinary programme. The students will have to spend part of their study at a foreign partner university where a co-supervisor will contribute to the MSc research programme. The students who graduate from the Prestige Master System Earth Modelling are in principle able to finish their PhD studies in three years.
Possible areas of specialisation within the Prestige Master System Earth Modelling are:
- Biogeology
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Hydrology
- Physical Geography
| This Master's programme is officially registered under the name Earth Sciences (code 66986). You will need to use this name and code when you apply for this programme. |
