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Syllabus

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Prerequisite


Permission of instructor.



Overview


The course consists of a series of lectures introducing the field of Trace Element Geochemistry including a review of partition coefficients and theoretical approaches to understanding trace element partitioning during partial melting and fractional crystallization. Throughout the course, lectures are interspersed with papers that are to be read by students and discussed during class. A listing of papers to be discussed is included but unfortunately the interactive class discussions emerging from reading these papers cannot be reproduced in a Web-based course.



Expected Background


This course is oriented toward a first year graduate student who has already had a general course in Geochemistry and an Introduction to Thermodynamics.



Textbooks


There are several textbooks suitable for an introduction to geochemistry; an example is:

Amazon logo McSween, H. Y., Jr., S. M. Richardson, and M. E. Uhle. Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780231124409.

There are also numerous texts on Thermodynamics. The books suitable for this course are:

Amazon logo Wood, B. J., and D. G. Fraser. Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780198599272.

Amazon logo Denbigh, K. The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1981. ISBN: 9780521236829.

Amazon logo Gordon, P. Principles of Phase Diagrams in Materials Systems. Malabar, Fla: Krieger Pub Co., 1983. ISBN: 9780898744088.

For this course the following geochemical texts are useful:

Amazon logo Shaw, D. M. Trace Elements in Magmas. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521822145.

Amazon logo Zou, H. Quantitative Geochemistry. London, UK: Imperial College Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781860946462.

Amazon logo Albarede, F. Introduction to Geochemical Modelling. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780521454513.

Amazon logo Rollinson, H. R. Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman Group, 1993. ISBN: 9780582067011.

Amazon logo Henderson, P. Inorganic Geochemistry. New York, NY: Pergamon Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780080204482.

Also useful for this course is the 10 volume set comprising the Treatise On Geochemistry (Elsevier, 2003), especially volumes 1, 2, and 3.

Amazon logo Holland, H. D., and K. K. Turekian, eds. Treatise On Geochemistry. Elsevier Science, 2003. ISBN: 9780080437514.



Listing of Volumes


Volume 1: Amazon logo Davis, Andrew M. Meteorites, Comets, and Planets. Elsevier Science, 2006. ISBN: 9780080447209.

Volume 2: Amazon logo Carlson, Richard W. The Mantle and Core. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080448480.

Volume 3: Amazon logo Rudnick, Roberta L. The Crust. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080448473.

Volume 4: Amazon logo Keeling, Ralph F. The Atmosphere. Elsevier Science, 2006. ISBN: 9780080450919.

Volume 5: Amazon logo Drever, James I. Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, Erosion and Soils. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080447193.

Volume 6: Amazon logo Elderfield, Harry. The Oceans and Marine Geochemistry. Elsevier Science, 2006. ISBN: 9780080451015.

Volume 7: Amazon logo Mackenzie, Fred T. Sediments, Diagenesis, and Sedimentary Rocks. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080448497.

Volume 8: Amazon logo Schlesinger, William H. Biogeochemistry. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080446424.

Volume 9: Amazon logo Lollar, Barbara Sherwood. Environmental Geochemistry. Elsevier Science, 2005. ISBN: 9780080446431.

Volume 10: Indexes.



Also Useful are the Following Web sites


Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM)

Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents (GEOROC)

Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (PETDB)


 








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