Lecture 1: Geochemistry tools. Statistical geochemistry. Equilibrium thermodynamics: phase diagrams. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, thermodynamic principles of evolution. Laws of self-development.
Lecture 2: Cosmochemistry. The formation, composition and structure of the Earth. Energy of the Earth: external and internal sources of energy. Heat flow. Heat transfer to the Earth's surface. The cycle of energy in the Earth
Lecture 3: Geochemistry of elements
Lecture 4: Evolution of the Earth as a planet
Lectures 5 and 6: Geochemistry of processes
Lecture 7: The biosphere: its origin, evolution, sustainability, geochemical functions. Water in the biosphere. The cryptobiosphere. The role of misroorganisms.
Lecture 8: Chemistry of the environment. Pollution of the environment: chemical, radioactive, biological. Environmental monitoring.
Lecture 9: Geochemistry of systems: general provisions, structure, stability, emergence. Earth as a system. Geochemical provinces, climate, technogenic systems.
Lecture 10: A generalized model of the Earth as a self-developing system.
Biography
Prof. Alexey Borisovich Ptitsyn (1941) is a Russian geochemist. He obtained his education at Novosibirsk State University (1959-64) and conducted research in experimental mineralogy at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, at the USSR (now Russian) Academy of Sciences (1964-98). He is Professor of geochemistry and environmental chemistry, Novosibirsk State University (1995-pres.) and Zabaykalsk State Pedagogical University (1998-2013). Alexey is Director of the Chita Institute of Natural Resources (1998-2014) and Principal researcher at the Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2014-pres.). He is member of the International Academy of Ecology and Life Protection Sciences (since 2001), International Academy of Mineral Resources (since 2002).
Publications include: Tutorial in Geochemistry: Introduction to Geoecology (2012); Geochemistry of the Biosphere (2013); and a monograph on Theoretical Geochemistry (2006).
Fields of interest: Geochemistry, ecology, cryology, biogeochemistry, origin and evolution of the biosphere, ecological sustainability, ecosystem dynamics.
