Isotope Geochemistry
GLY 480/592
Course Business
GLY 480/592 Tentative Class Schedule
Papers
Intro to geochronology article
Groundwater article - Sturchio et al
Lecture Notes
RADIOISOTOPES
Week 1 (Intro, Review, Nuclear Chemistry)
Notes , Interactive Periodic Table , Binding Energy Data
Week 2 (Radio Decay)
Notes 1, Notes 2, Intro to geochronology article , Oklo Article, Decay Model Spreadsheet
Week 3 (Geochronology)
Notes , Isochron Spreadsheet (solver)
Week 4 (Rb-Sr)
Week 5 (K-Ar, Ar-Ar)
Week 6 (Nd-Sm, U-Th-Pb)
Notes Nd-Sm, Notes U-Th-Pb, Notes U-Th-Pb Disequilibria
Week 7 (Groundwater Radioisotopes)
Short Lived Isotopes March 1 2007
Radioisotope Class Presentations
Oklo, Ar-Ar, Zircons, Old Groundwater, Young Sediments
STABLE ISOTOPES
Stable Isotopes 1(Basics)
Notes 1 (updated 10-23-05), Mixing Spreadsheet
Nitrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
Sulfur
Paleo-Diet Isotopes
Paleo-Ocean Isotopes
Stable Isotope Class Presentations
Isotope Forensics, Sulfur Isotopes, Methane Hydrates, Compound Specific Isotopes