The main goal of the course is providing knowledge on the issues and methods concerning elements and isotopes in earth sciences.
teacher profile teaching materials
COSMOCHEMISTRY. PROCESSES OF NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND STABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS. ABUNDANCE OF ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE GEOCHEMICAL SPHERE. THE GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS: MAJOR, MINOR, IN TRACES. BEHAVIOR OF THE ELEMENTS DURING MAGMATIC PROCESSES: PARTITION COEFFICIENT, COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS. GEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF PARTIAL MELTING AND FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES. INTRODUCTION TO RADIOMETRIC GEOCHRONOLOGY: ACCUMULATION CLOCK, DECAY CLOCK, DISEQUILIBRIUM. CHRONOLOGICAL METHODS OF K/AR, C-14 AND RB/SR. INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF STABLE ISOTOPES.
PART II:
BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING SUPERGENIC PROCESSES. WEATHERING PROCESSES AND ROLE OF WATER. FACTORS CONTROLLING THE GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION: ION POTENTIAL, PH, EH. ABSORPTION PROCESSES. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE HYDROSPHERE: CONTINENTAL WATERS (SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND). WATER/ROCK INTERACTION. MINERAL WATERS AND THEIR USE. OUTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RADON PROBLEM. MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY THROUGH GAMMA SPECTROMETRY.
Programme
PART I:COSMOCHEMISTRY. PROCESSES OF NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND STABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS. ABUNDANCE OF ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE GEOCHEMICAL SPHERE. THE GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS: MAJOR, MINOR, IN TRACES. BEHAVIOR OF THE ELEMENTS DURING MAGMATIC PROCESSES: PARTITION COEFFICIENT, COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS. GEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF PARTIAL MELTING AND FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES. INTRODUCTION TO RADIOMETRIC GEOCHRONOLOGY: ACCUMULATION CLOCK, DECAY CLOCK, DISEQUILIBRIUM. CHRONOLOGICAL METHODS OF K/AR, C-14 AND RB/SR. INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF STABLE ISOTOPES.
PART II:
BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING SUPERGENIC PROCESSES. WEATHERING PROCESSES AND ROLE OF WATER. FACTORS CONTROLLING THE GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION: ION POTENTIAL, PH, EH. ABSORPTION PROCESSES. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE HYDROSPHERE: CONTINENTAL WATERS (SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND). WATER/ROCK INTERACTION. MINERAL WATERS AND THEIR USE. OUTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RADON PROBLEM. MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY THROUGH GAMMA SPECTROMETRY.
Core Documentation
- GEOCHEMISTRY - W.M. WHITE (2013) WILEYReference Bibliography
Treatise on Geochemistry (Elsevier)Attendance
obligatoryType of evaluation
Laboratory experience evaluation and oral examination