Class Schedule and Lecture Note Downloads
GG325 --  GEOCHEMISTRY - Fall 2012
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

homework assignments 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 '12 GG325 Schedule (Tentative for dates in the future)

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Week Dates Lecture Topic Reading
Chapter (pages)
Geochemical Fundamentals
1 20,22,24 Aug 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 27,29,31 Aug 4, 5, 6 Thermodynamics and chemical reactions, solubility, mineral solubility as geo-thermometer/barometer
HW#1 assigned on friday, due in 10 days later, by email to Ken; See this document for help with the olivine thermometry calcuations
Ch3,Ch4 (McSween et al.) -or- Ch2,Ch3 (White) -or- Ch3 (Brownlow)
3 5, 7 Sep H, 7,8 Labor Day Holiday, no class Mon 3 Sept; Aquatic Chemistry, acids/bases, aqueous solubility (Prof. Dulaiova - Ken will be at sea this week)
Hold onto your Journals until Ken returns, but make sure you are doing them		 White Ch6, p216-234
4 10,12,14 Sep 9, 10, 11 Mineral Solubility and stability; Redox condition, pH-pE, microbial Poising; (Prof. Dulaiova - Ken will be at sea this week)
HW#2 assigned on Friday, due 1 week later by email to Ken HW1 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 17,19,21 Sep 12, 13, 14 Weathering, Soils and nutrient cycling (Prof. Jahren - Ken will be at sea this week; Jahren lecture notes are not available in digital format)
Hold Class Journals 		McSween Ch7 (111-124) -or- White Ch6 (234-261) Ch13 (563-580)
6 24,26,28 Sep 15, 16, 17 The hydrologic cycle: overview; (Prof. Dulaiova - on Mon and Wed - Ken will return for Fri); we are 1 lecture behind, so 17 is on next Monday Berner/Berner ("BB") Ch1
7 1, 3, 5 Oct 18 19-20 More hydrologic cycle: rivers, acid rain BB Ch3, Turco Ch9
8 8,10,12 Oct 21, 22, 23 Introduction to organic chemistry; More hydrologic cycle; lakes, estuaries; HW2 answers McSween Ch6, Ch7 (124-131) or -or- White Ch14 (589-626), Ch3 (100-end), Ch13 (555-563)
PLUS, BB Ch6 (236-263), BB Ch7
9 15,17,19 Oct 24, 25, 26 More estuaries; The Oceans: Intro, marine chemistry and chemical cycles;
Turn in Class Journals this wednesday for Grading
study guide for the upcoming midterm exam; HW3 assigned on Wed, due 1 week later		 White Ch 15
10 22,24,26 Oct 27, 28, 29 Marine Sediments: global environmental history, light isotope geochemistry, Global Climate: Past, Present and Future atmospheric CO2;
REVISED - Take Home MIDTERM EXAM will be handed out on Friday (covers through lecture 26) 		(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

29,31 Oct
2 Nov

 30, 31, 32, Radioactivity, Age and Origin of the Solar System: Stellar processes, nucleosynthesis, condensation sequence, planetary accretion.
Turn in Class Journals on Friday for Grading; 		McSween - Ch 14 (286-290), Ch 15 (313-327) -or- White Ch 8(325-333) and Ch 10 (421-464)
12 5, 7, 9 Nov 33, 34, 35 Planet formation, differentiation of the Earth, Core formation, the Moon. (Prof. Ravizza - on Mon.);
HW#4 assigned on Wed, due 1 week later 		McSween Ch12 (231-233), Ch15 (327-340) -or- White Ch 11 (474-490)
13 14, 16 Nov H, 36, 37 Crust and Mantle evolution, Atmosphere evolution (Prof. Ravizza - on Fri);
No Class Mon 12 Nov; HW3 answers; turn in HW#4 on wednesday. 		White Ch12 (530-549)
14 19, 21 Nov 38, 39, H

Igneous processes; turn in journal on wednesday;
final project assignemnt; No Class Fri 23 Nov.

 White Ch 7
12 26,28,30 Nov 40, 41, 42 Igneous petrogenesis; Radiogenic isotope geology and Geochronology
the last homework, HW#5, assignemnt; due with the final by email 		McSween, Ch 14 or White Chapter 8
16 5 Dec X, 43, X More radiogenic isotope geology. (Prof. Hellebrand - on Wed. - no class on Monday)
Please turn in your Class Journals with the final for final Grading 		(same)

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