GG325 GEOCHEMISTRY - Class Schedule

Class Schedule and Lecture Note Downloads
GG325 -- GEOCHEMISTRY - Fall 2013
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: thursday noon to 1.

Phone: x68973, x66836 (lab)

Fall '13 GG325 Schedule (Tentative for dates in the future)

Click on the Lecture number to obtain the lecture notes for that day
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Week	Dates	Lecture	Topic	Reading Chapter (pages)
Geochemical Fundamentals
1	26,28,30 Aug	1, 2, 3	Introduction to Geochemistry, Elemental Cycles, Chemistry Review: The Elements; basic principles of inorganic chemistry, periodic properties of the elements	W: Ch1
2	4,6 Sep	H 4, 5	Thermodynamics and chemical reactions, solubility, mixtures and non-ideality Labor Day Holiday, no class Mon 2 Sept; HW#1 assigned on friday, due in 1 week	W: Ch2, Ch3
3	9,11,13 Sep	6, 7,8	More non-ideality. Mineral solubility as geo-thermometer/barometer. Aquatic Chemistry, acids/bases, aqueous solubility, Mineral solubility and stability	W: Ch4, Ch6 (217-249)
4	16,18,20 Sep	9,10,11	Redox condition, pH-pE, microbial Poising, Intro to Organic Geochemistry	W: Ch3 (100-110), Ch13 digital (555-563); Ch12 (12.1-12.6) (-or- W digital Ch14 (589-626))
Low Temperature Geochemistry: The hydrologic cycle and sedimentary systems
5	23,25,27 Sep	12, 13, 14	Weathering; Mineral Solubility, surface reactions, Soils and nutrient cycling; HW#2 assigned on friday, due in 1 week. HW#1 answers are in the course dropbbox folder.	Ch6 (249-end) and digital Ch13 (563 570)
6	30 Sep 2,4 Oct	15, 16, 17	The hydrologic cycle: overview, inorganic chemical controls, rain/river chemistry (Prof. Ravizza - Ken will be away this week)	Berner & Berner Ch 1, Ch3 (62-86 &116-119)
7	1, 3, 5 Oct
8	14,16,18 Oct
9	21,23,X Oct
10	28,30 Oct 1 Nov
High Temperature and Planetary Geochemistry
11	4,6,8 Nov
12	H, 13,15 Nov
13	18,20,22 Nov
14	25, 27 Nov
12	2,4,6 Dec
16	9,11 Dec

Reading photocopies in the folder in the metal bookshelf nearest my office (next to the 606D door): BB=Berner and Berner, Global Environment


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Instructor:	Ken Rubin
Office:	POST 606E; Office hrs: thursday noon to 1.
Phone:	x68973, x66836 (lab)