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3.00 Credits
Taught at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland as BL 3046 'Analytical Techniques and Data Presentation' The course aims to describe how and explain why chemical analyses of rocks and minerals are obtained, and also to describe various imaging techniques in microscopy, and to introduce methods used in identifying fine-grained minerals.
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3.00 Credits
Taught as EART 3311 "Earth Materials Microcharacterisation" at host institution. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray (EMPA) and ion beam microanalysis are advanced microcharacterisation tools. Digital data is attainable down to the nanometre scale with these tools and it is used to characterise minerals and fossils in most earth science and environmental research areas. This unit covers the fundamentals of the current technology in this area and the direct applications to problem solving in the earth sciences and related areas. The theory covers the basics of electron and ion beam microscopy and digital imaging techniques, including basic image analysis, with an emphasis on the mineralogical applications in earth sciences. The SEM, ion probe and X-ray microanalysis theory is supported by interactive, multimedia software packages including 'Virtual SEM' and 'Virtual EDS'. Laboratory practicals are elective and project-based. Topics are selected to suit specific course and student interests. Projects include diamond indicator mineral analysis and evaluation, pressure and/or temperature estimation by determination and interpretation of mineral compositions (e.g. garnet-cpx or arsenopyrite), cathodoluminescence studies of carbonates and/or quartz to determine depositional histories of sediments/ore deposits, mineral modal analysis and/or bulk composition determination by analysis of backscattered electron images and electron imaging and identification of microfossils. Mineral dating (geochronology) projects by electron and ion probe techniques are also available (subject to ion probe availability). Successful students achieve formal certification in the operation of these facilities.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the use of chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics in modeling geochemical processes. Special emphasis is placed on water-rock interactions of environmental interest.
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3.00 Credits
The environmental effects of utilizing natural resources are examined from their extraction, refining, to use. Pivotal in this course is environmental impact assessment and rehabilitation/remediation technologies. A number of case studies will be examined to highlight the environmental impact of using the Earth?s natural resources and how such impacts can be mitigated.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamental properties of mineral surfaces and of the mineral-water interface. Methods of surface and interface analysis. The electric double layer. Interface reactions including adsorption, mineral growth and dissolution, photoredox phenomena, and controls on bacterial adhesion.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores current research involving the interaction between microbes and geologic systems, focusing on the ability of microbes to affect mass transport in fluid-rock systems. Readings concentrate on laboratory, field, and modeling studies of environmental and/or geologic interest.
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3.00 Credits
The fossil record---morphology, taxonomy, evolution, statistical population systematics and paleoecology. A one-day field trip is required.
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2.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to volcanoes, and includes the links between volcanoes and their tectonic and geophsyical setting, the types of volcanic edifices, classic eruption styles and deposits, volcanoes and their eruption products as landforms, and comparisons to planetary volcanism. Class will meet once a week for an hour in the Fall for reading and discussion (1 credit) then have a week long field trip to Hawaii just before the start of the Spring semester (1 credit), and would have a research paper due spring semester (1 credit). Tentative travel dates are January 6-13, 2008.
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3.00 Credits
Physics of the solid Earth: seismic wave, gravity, resistivity, and electromagnetic methods of probing the structure of the Earth. Applications to environmental concerns as well as to groundwater, mineral, and petroleum exploration are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover a wide variety of topics involving the chemistry of the f-block elements. Topics will include periodic trends, aqueous and environmental chemistry, solid-state chemistry, and physical properties. The course will begin with a brief history of the discovery of these elements. The fundamental knowledge gained early in the course will be applied to the critical problems of nuclear energy production and waste remediation. This will be a primary literature-based course.
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