Isotope Geochemistry

GLY 480/592

 

 

Course Business

    GLY 480/592 Syllabus

    GLY 480/592 Tentative Class Schedule

Papers

Intro to geochronology article

Oklo Article

Chernobyl 1 Article

Chernobyl 2 Article

Groundwater article - Sturchio et al

 

 

Cap O17 Sulfate

 

Atmospheric N

Tree Ring N

 

Migration

Diet and Habitat

 

Egg Predation

Sulfate Reduction

 

Butterfly Amino Acids

Testosterone Isotopes

 

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) 

Notes

 

Week 5 (K-Ar, Ar-Ar)

Notes K-Ar     Notes 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)

Notes Extra 14C Notes

 

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

Notes 2 (Fractionation)

 

Nitrogen

Notes

 

Carbon

Notes

 

Oxygen

Notes

 

Sulfur

Notes

 

Paleo-Diet Isotopes

Notes

 

Paleo-Ocean Isotopes

Notes

 

Stable Isotope Class Presentations

Isotope Forensics, Sulfur Isotopes,  Methane Hydrates, Compound Specific Isotopes