Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-402 Course Name: Geochemistry-I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Objective and history of geochemistry: geochemical classification of elements. Cosmic abundance of elements and stability, fundamentals of thermodynamics, law of thermodynamics, thermodynamics and kinematics. |
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| 2 | Principles of ionic substitution in minerals: element partitioning in mineral / rock formation. Physico-chemical factors in sedimentation. Trace elements. Geochemical cycle. Geochemistry of hydrosphere and biosphere. |
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| 3 | Geochemistry of uranium, thorium, rubidium and strontium; principles of U-Pb, Rb-Sr, K-Ar , C-14 methods in dating. | |
| 4 | Significance of stable isotope geochemistry in geology, isotope fractionation in nature; stable isotopes of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen and their determination. | |
