Aim:
To apply high-temperature geochemistry to igneous petrogenesis.
Contents:
Geochemical differentiation of Earth; analytical methods; classification from major elements; two-element variation diagrams; phase diagrams; trace elements; Goldschmidt's rules of element substitution; partition coefficients; rare earth elements (REE); platin group elements (PGE); transition metals; magma and cumulate evolution; trace element modelling; basaltic suites; partiel melting of the mantle; radiogenic isotopes; geochronology; stable isotopes.
Textbooks:
Using Geochemical Data by H. R. Rollinson, Longmann Group.
ECTS-credits:
10
Semester:
Fall 2003 (1 & 2 Quarter).
Evaluation:
4 hrs written examination, 13 scale, external censor.
Lecturer:
Christian Tegner