ERSC 4450 - Geochemistry

Three hours lecture. Two hours laboratory per week. Four credit hours.

This course will present natural processes and principles of geochemistry that range from the critical zone (intersection of the geosphere/lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere), through the crust, and into the mantle of the Earth. Possible topics include surficial and environment mineralogy, aqueous systems, carbonate geochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, chemical weathering and soils, isotope geochemistry, mineral phase equilibria, and geothermobarometry. Geochemical instrumentation will also be reviewed. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as ERSC 5450

Prerequisites: ERSC 1302 and CHEM 1402