Class Schedule and Lecture Note Downloads
GG325 --  GEOCHEMISTRY - Fall 2009
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30-10:20 AM in POST 708
NOTE: the content of lectures is subject to slight shifts and changes,
so if you download files way in advance, check back the day before class
to see if I've posted more recent versions

also note:
homework assingments can be downloaded from the linked text HW#1, HW#2, etc...
I will post answers after the assignments are turned in.
The requirments for the class journals are summarized here

Instructor: Ken Rubin
    Office: POST 606E; Office hrs: up to class.
    Phone: x68973, x66836 (lab)
 


Fall '09 GG325 Schedule (Tentative for dates in the future)

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Week Lecture Topic Reading
Chapter (pages)
Geochemical Fundamentals
1 1, 2, 3 Introduction to Geochemistry, Elemental Cycles, Chemistry Review: The Elements; basic principles of inorganic chemistry, periodic properties of the elements Ch1,Ch2 (McSween et al.)
2 4, 5, 6 Thermodynamics and chemical reactions, solubility, mineral solubility as geo-thermometer/barometer
HW#1 assigned on friday, due in 1 week
Ch3,Ch4 (McSween et al.) -or- Ch2,Ch3 (White) -or- Ch3 (Brownlow)
3 H, 7,8 Holiday, no class Mon 7 Sept; Aquatic Chemistry, acids/bases, aqueous solubility
Turn in Class Journals this Friday for Grading
White Ch6, p216-234
4 9, 10, 11 intro to organic and bio-chemistry, photosynthesis/respiration, Redox condition, pH-pE, microbial Poising, other microbial processes answers to HW#1 will be posted soon. HW#2 assigned on Friday, due 1 week later; HW#1 Answers McSween Ch6, Ch7 (124-131) -or- White Ch14 (589-626), Ch3 (100-end), Ch13 (555-563)
Low Temperature Geochemistry: The hydrologic cycle and sedimentary systems
5 12, 13, 14 Weathering and soil formation

Turn in Class Journals this Friday for Grading
McSween Ch7 (111-124) -or- White Ch6 (234-261) Ch13 (563-580)
6 15, 16, 17 The hydrologic cycle: overview; guest lectures on wed and fri. Berner/Berner ("BB") Ch1
7 18, 19, 20 More hydrologic cycle: rain, acid rain rivers BB Ch3, Turco Ch9
8 21, 22, X More hydrologic cycle; lakes, estuaries; study guide for the upcoming midterm exam
no class Fri 16. Oct - soest open house
BB Ch6 (236-263), BB Ch7
9 23, 24, 25 More estuaries; The Oceans: Intro, marine chemistry and chemical cycles; HW#2 Answers
Take Home MIDTERM EXAM will be handed out on wednesday (covers through lecture 23)
White Ch 15
10 26, 27, 28 Marine Sediments: global environmental history, light isotope geochemistry, Global Climate: Past, Present and Future atmospheric CO2 (a) White Ch 9 (p 364-393) –OR- McSween Ch 13 (all)
(b) Broecker Ch 7 (p215- 226) and Ch 9 (p259-281)
High Temperature and Planetary Geochemistry
11 29, 30, 31 Radioactivity, Age and Origin of the Solar System: Stellar processes, nucleosynthesis, condensation sequence, planetary accretion.
HW3 assigned on Wed, due 1 week later
Turn in Class Journals on Friday for Grading (I will assign 2 grades since it has been a while since I last collected these)
McSween - Ch 14 (286-290), Ch 15 (313-327) -or- White Ch 8(325-333) and Ch 10 (421-464)
12 32,H, 33 Planet formation, differentiation of the Earth, Core formation, the Moon; No Class Wed 11 Nov. McSween Ch12 (231-233), Ch15 (327-340) -or- White Ch 11 (474-490)
13 34, 35, 36 Crust and Mantle evolution, Atmosphere evolution
HW#4 assigned on Wed, due 1 week later; HW#3 answers
White Ch12 (530-549)
14 37, 38, H Igneous processes; turn in journal and HW#4 on wednesday No Class Fri 27 Nov. White Ch 7
12 39, 40, 41 Igneous petrogenesis; Radiogenic isotope geology and Geochronology
the last homework, , HW#5 will be assigned this week, due 1 week later
McSween, Ch 14
16 42,43,X More radiogenic isotope geology
Please turn in your Class Journals on Wednesay for final Grading
(same)

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