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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2020 |
Registration ID | GEOLB302001 |
Course Title | Low Temperature Geochemistry |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Marenco,Pedro J. |
Times and Days | Th 01:10pm-04:00pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1253 Stable isotope geochemistry is one of the most important subfields of the Earth sciences for understanding environmental and climatic change. In this course, we will explore stable isotopic fundamentals and applications including a number of important case studies from the recent and deep time dealing with important biotic events in the fossil record and major climate changes. Prerequisites: GEOL 101 or GEOL 102, and at least one semester of chemistry or physics, or professor approval.; This courses focuses on stable isotope geochemistry, one of the most important subfields of the Earth sciences for understanding environmental and climatic change. In this course, we will explore stable isotopic fundamentals and applications including a number of important case studies from the recent and deep time dealing with important biotic events in the fossil record and major climate changes. This course is largely project-driven and will consist of a mix of lecture and lab sessions. You will most likely need to devote an additional one to three hours working in the lab or collecting/preparing samples for your project during some weeks. Although there is no textbook for the course, I will likely be posting readings on Moodle as we go. Prerequisites: GEOL 101 or GEOL 108 (Oceanography), and at least one semester of chemistry or physics, or professor approval. This course is taught every three years. Haverford: Natural Science (NA) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 14; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Junior; Senior; Major/Minor/Concentration; This course is ideally taken in-person because it involves a fair amount of lab work for the semester-long group project. However, in cases where a student must be remote, we can work with the groups to come up with a fair distribution of work such that that remote learners can still contribute to the group project. Please contact Pedro Marenco if you would like clarification on this. |
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