Exams:
There will be two mid-term Exams in addition to a Comprehensive Final.
Students should plan on bringing calculators and a copy of the periodic
table with them to class on Exam days.
Presentations:
Two class periods have been allocated for oral presentations by students
on any topic of interest to them related to geochemistry, petrology, or
mineralogy. Oral presentations are required for G545 students and
optional (for extra credit) for G445 students.
Web
site: A course website will contain a copy of this syllabus, problem
sets, score distributions for problem sets and exams, a list of resources,
and any relevant announcements. The URL is: http://web.pdx.edu/~ruzickaa/G545
Grades: Grades
will be determined from performances on:
G445:
Other
policies: Students who do not submit an Acknowlegment of Syllabus
Receipt form, of who stop attending class for a long period, may be withdrawn
by the Instructor. In general, late work will not be accepted,
unless accompanied by a note for a doctor for illness, or unless extenuating
circumstances merit exceptions from the Instructor.
Class
schedule: The tentative schedule is as follows (see Class website for
updates):
1/5 Introduction (Ch. 1)
1/7 Properties of elements (Ch. 1, parts
of Ch. 5)
1/9 Mass balance and equilibrium (parts
of Ch. 3, 8)
1/12 Equilibrium partitioning (parts of
Ch. 5, 8)
1/14 Element transport
1/16 Isotope geology; geochronology (Ch.
2)
1/19 NO CLASS, MLK Holiday
1/21 Isotope geology; geochronology (Ch.
2)
1/23 Isotope geology; stable isotopes
(Ch. 2)
1/26 Thermodynamics; Gibbs function, reactions,
P-T space (Ch. 3)
1/28 Thermodynamics; solutions, activities,
equilibrium constant (Ch. 3, parts of Ch. 5)
1/30 Thermodynamics; phase rule and phase
diagrams
2/2 Problem set 1 due; class discussion
2/4 Midterm Exam 1
2/6 Crystal chemistry (Ch. 5)
2/9 Crystal chemistry (Ch. 5)
2/11 Igneous rocks and magmas; phase diagrams
(Ch. 8)
2/13 Igneous rocks and magmas; melting
and crystallization (Ch. 8)
2/16 Igneous rocks and magmas; isotopic
studies (Ch. 8)
2/18 Sedimentary rocks and weathering;
chemical weathering (Ch. 7, 4, 6)
2/20 Sedimentary rocks & weathering;
water chemistry (Ch. 7, 4, 6)
2/23 Metamorphic rocks; variables of metamorphism,
reactions (Ch. 9)
2/25 Metamorphic rocks; facies, petrogenetic
grid, examples of regional metamorphism (Ch. 9)
2/27 Problem set 2 due; class discussion
3/2 Midterm Exam 2
3/4 Cosmochemistry; conceptual framework,
framework, condensation, molecular cloud chemistry (parts
of Ch. 1)
3/6 Cosmochemistry; solar system chemistry,
meteorite intro, oxygen isotopes
3/9 Cosmochemistry; meteorites
3/11 Student presentations
3/13 Student presentations
3/19 Final Exam Thursday, 12:30-14:20.
Held in regular classroom.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SYLLABUS RECEIPT
I have received a copy
of the course syllabus for this class, and the instructor has discussed
its contents.
NAME
(please print)
____________________________________________________
Signature
______________________________________
Date__________________
A
phone number where you can be reached: _______________________
And/or
an e-mail address:______________________________
Please
list your previous geology courses:
Why
did you choose to take this particular class?