EAS 656 Lecture Notes

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Lecture Notes 2009

Part I. Introduction

Lecture 1: Physics of the Nucleus and Radioactive Decay
Lecture 2: Nucleosynthesis

Part II. Geochronology

Lecture 3: Basics of Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry
Lecture 4: The K-Ca-Ar system
Lecture 5: Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd systems
Lecture 6: The U-Th-Pb System
Lecture 7: U-Th decay series dating
Lecture 8: Other decay systems
Lecture 9: Cosmogenic Isotopes in Geochronology
Lecture 10: Fission Track Dating; Analytical Methods

Part III: Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry

Lecture 11: Isotope Cosmochemistry I
Lecture 12: Isotope Cosmochemistry II
Lecture 13: Mantle Isotope Geochemistry I
Lecture 14: Mantle Isotope Geochemistry II
Lecture 15: The Continental Crust and Its Keel
Lecture 16: The Continental Crust II
Lecture 17: Isotope Geochemistry of Subduction Zone Magmas; U-Series Isotopes and Melt Generation
Lecture 18: Noble Gases and Evolution of the Atmosphere

Part IV: Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Lecture 19: Theory of Stable Isotope Fractionations
Lecture 20: Fractionations in the Hydrologic System and Biosphere
Lecture 21: Stable Isotope Applications: High Temperatures
Lecture 22: Stable Isotope Applications at High Temperatures II: Assimilation and Subduction
Lecture 23: Hydrothermal Activity, Metamorphism and Ore Deposits
Lecture 24: Stable Isotopes in Paleontology and Archaeology
Lecture 25: Stable Isotopes in Paleoclimatology
Lecture 26: The Carbon Cycle, Isotopes, and Climate
Lecture 27: Tying up Loose En ds: Mass Independent Fractionation, Li and B isotopes


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