Syllabus:

 


January 4 Introduction Chapter 1, 2 and 3
January 5 Field trip to local lakes and streams and get gps data  
January 7 Chemical Weathering, and water Chemistry Chapter 10, 12, handout
January 9 Stability Relationships and silicate equilibria Chapter 10, 12, handout
January 14 Clay minerals and Cation Exchange Chapter 4 and handout
January 16 The Carbonate Systems and pH Control Chapter 3 and handout
January 18 Geology dept 75th anniversary receptions 5:00 am - 6:00 pm  
January 19 Geology dept 75th anniversary symposium 8:30 am - 1:00 pm  
January 21 Using Stable Isotopes Chapter 14 and handout
January 23 Using Stable Isotopes Chapter 14 and handout
January 28 Field trip to the University of Minnesota Electron microprobe Chapter 14 and handout
January 30 Using Stable Isotopes Chapter 14 and handout
February 1 Field trip to Utah  
February 2 Field trip to Utah  
February 3 Field trip to Utah  
February 4 Field trip to Utah  
February 5 Field trip to Utah  
February 6 Field trip to Utah  
February 11 Radiogenic Isotopes Reading from Faure and handouts
February 13 No class  
February 18 Radiogenic Isotopes Reading from Faure and handouts
February 20 Radiogenic Isotopes Reading from Faure and handouts
February 25 TBA  
February 27 Visiting speaker:  
March 3 Visiting speaker: Dr. Brad Singer Linking volcano growth to underlying magma
reservoir processes using argon and thorium dating.
March 5 Visiting speaker: Dr. Jeffery Dorale  
March 10 Class presentation  


Laboratory:

January 5 Field trip to local lakes and streams and get gps data    
January 7 Field trip to local streams and lakes Collect more water samples and sample locations  
January 14 Introduction GIS Prof. Tesgaye Nega and Ms. Wei-Hsin Fu  
January 21 Sample preparation for XRD, SEM, Micro Probe , XRF Prof. Gary Wagenbach  
January 28 Microprobe work at the U of M in minneapolis Mr. Ellery Frahm  
Jan. 31-Feb 6 Field trip to University of Utah    
February 11 Projects    
February 18 Projects    
February 25 Projects    
March 3 Projects