EASC 208: Introductory Geochemistry
| Credits: | 3 |
Pre-requisites: | EASC 202, CHEM 121, 122 & 126 |
Lecture (hrs/week): | 2 |
| Terms: | Spring |
Co-requisites: | None |
Lab (hrs/week): | 3 |
| Instructors: | Marshall, Cameron | Quantitative | |||
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Description:
Distribution and cycles of elements, minerals and rocks on and within Earth. Understanding and evolution of Earth systems through high and low temperature fluid-rock ineraction, aqueous geochemistry, stable and radiogenic isotopes.
Course Topics- Introductory concepts of geochemical systems: Nucleosynthesis, Atomic structure, Periodic Table, Cosmic Evolution
- Global Chemical Differentiation
- Chemical Bonds
- Ionic Substitution in Crystals
- Thermodynamics
- Isotope Geology
- Stable Mineral Assemblages, Phase Diagrams
- Geothermometers
- Atmospheric Evolution and Chemistry
- Oceanic Evolution and Chemistry
- Geochemical Cycles
- Crustal Fluids
- Mixing
- Geochemistry of the Major Rock Types: Sedimentary Rocks, Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks
Principles and Applications of Geochemistry, 2nd edition, Gunter Faure, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1991, ISBN 0-02-336450-5