Unit APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY
- Course
- Geology for energy resources
- Study-unit Code
- GP006021
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Giuseppe Saldi
- Teachers
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- Giuseppe Saldi
- Hours
- 57 ore - Giuseppe Saldi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline mineralogiche, petrografiche e geochimiche
- Academic discipline
- GEO/08
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Learn the basics with regard to the concepts of Geochemistry applied to exploration of resources, to environmental problems and to the processes of generation, maturation, alteration and migration of hydrocarbons. Methodologies for geochemical data analysis.
- Reference texts
- The course material will be provided by the teacher.
The study can be integrated by the following reference text books:
1) Natural Gas Seepage, The Earth's Hydrocarbon degassing, Authors: Ethiopian, Giuseppe. Springer ISBN 978-3-319-14600-3 ISBN 978-3-319-14601-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007 / 978-3-319-14601-0
2) Petroleum Formation and Occurrence: Anew Approach to Oil and Gas Exploration. Authors: B. P. Tissot D. H. Welte. Springer-Verlag. ISBN-13: 978-3-642-96448-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-96446-6
DOT: 1 0.1 007 / 978-3-642-96446-6
3) Negative Emissions Technologies and
Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda (2019). VV. AA.
Available at:
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25259/negative-emissions-technologies-and-reliable-sequestration-a-research-agenda - Educational objectives
- Knowledge and understanding of the concepts of the Geochemistry applied to exploration of natural resources, to the environmental problems and to the processes of generation, maturation, alteration and migration of hydrocarbons. Applying knowledge to geochemical data elaboration and interpretation.
- Prerequisites
- - Knowledge of English: indispensable.
- Mathematical and statistical basic concepts: important
- Fundamentals of the geochemistry of aqueous solutions: helpful
- Fundamentals of the geochemistry of gases: helpful
- Fundamentals of stable isotope geochemistry: helpful - Teaching methods
- The lectures will take place as face-to-face lecture for many of the arguments with exception of practical training on the representation methods and mapping of geological and geochemical data.
- Learning verification modality
- The evaluation consists of a written test at the end of the course based on multiple choice questions, and an oral exam that verifies the learning of the main concepts developed during the course along with their applications.
For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or SLD, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa - Extended program
- 1) General aspects of geochemistry.
- Definition of geochemical spheres and geochemical cycles.
- Distribution of the chemical elements in the various geochemical spheres.
- Principles of isotope geochemistry of stable isotopes
2) Geochemical Prospecting.
- Fundamentals of geochemical prospecting.
- Mobility of the elements in conditions of high PT and surface environment.
- Mechanical dispersion and chemical weathering in primary and secondary environment; geochemical associations.
- Definition of geochemical baseline, anomaly and threshold.
- Examples of geochemical prospecting.
3) Methods for geochemical survey
- Approaches to prospecting.
- Sampling methods of waters and gases
- Analytical methods for the determination of the chemical and isotopic composition of waters.
- Methods for chemical analysis and isotopic gas.
- Methodologies for representing and studying compositional data
4) Geochemistry of organic compounds
- Types and nomenclature of organic compounds
- The organic compounds of oil
- Diagenesis, Methanogenesis, catagenesis
- Isotopes of carbon in the evolution of kerogen
- Abiotic origin of organic compounds: main processes
- Natural Gas Seepage, the outgassing of organic compounds: processes, methods of investigation / measurement, case studies.
- Geochemistry of gas seepage for the evaluation of the petroleum system.
- Behavior and impact of organic compounds on the environment (soil, water and air)
5) Geochemistry of waters
- The water cycle, from the rain to the groundwater: main geochemical processes.
- The water cycle and stable isotopes: applications environmental and hydrogeological study of water isotopes.
- Application of stable carbon isotopes to environmental studies and exploration.
- Processes of gas-water-rock interaction.
6) Geochemical aspects of CO2 capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) processes
- CO2 properties and behavior in the subsurface
- Main methods of CO2 sequestration in geological reservoirs
- Mechanisms and kinetics of mineral carbonation reactions
- Processes of groundwater acidification and contamination by CO2 leakage - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile