Class Schedule and Lecture Note Downloads
GG325 --  FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOCHEMISTRY - Fall 2007
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

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


Fall '07 GG325 Schedule (Tentative for dates in the future)

Click on the Lecture number to obtain the lecture notes for that day
Lecture notes are protected by copyright
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

Ch3,Ch4 (McSween et al.) -or- Ch2,Ch3 (White) -or- Ch3 (Brownlow)
3 7,8 no class Mon 3 Sept; Aquatic Chemistry, acids/bases, aqueous solubility
HW#1 assigned on 9/5/07, due in 1 week
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 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
HW#2 assigned on 9/19/07, due in 1 week
answers to HW#1 if you want them.
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; Berner/Berner ("BB") Ch1
7 18, 19, 20 More hydrologic cycle: rain, acid rain rivers
HW#3 assigned on 10/5/07, due in 1 week
answers to HW#2
BB Ch3, Turco Ch9
8 21, 22, 23 More hydrologic cycle; lakes, estuaries; BB Ch6 (236-263), BB Ch7
9 24, 25 The Oceans: Intro, marine chemistry and chemical cycles; Take Home MIDTERM EXAM on Mon (DUE MON 22 OCT) (covers through lecture 23) - also, no class on Friday for open house
10 26, 27, 28 Marine Sediments: global environmental history, light isotope geochemistry, Global Climate: Past, Present and Future atmospheric CO2 HW#4 assigned on 10/26/07, due in 1 week
answers to HW#3
Turn in Class Journals on Monday for Grading
(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.
midterm exam answer key
McSween - Ch 14 (286-290), Ch 15 (313-327) -or- White Ch 8(325-333) and Ch 10 (421-464)
12 32, 33, 34 Planet formation, differentiation of the Earth, Core formation, the Moon
HW#5 assigned on 11/09/07, due in 1 week
answers to HW#4
Turn in Class Journals on Monday for Grading
McSween Ch12 (231-233), Ch15 (327-340) -or- White Ch 11 (474-490)
13 35, 36 Crust and Mantle evolution, Atmosphere evolution; No Class Mon 12 Nov. White Ch12 (530-549)
14 37, 38 Igneous processes; turn in journal on monday or wednesday No Class Fri 23 Nov.
the last homework, HW#6, assigned on 11/21/07, due 11/30/07
answers to HW#5
White Ch 7
12 39, 40 41 Igneous petrogenesis; Radiogenic isotope geology and Geochronology
final project assignemnt
McSween, Ch 14
16 42 More radiogenic isotope geology
class is cancelled on Monday because of an all-day faculty meeting Please turn in your Class Journals on Wednesay for Grading
(same)

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