Fall 2024 Earth and Environmental Sciences GU4887 section 001

ISOTOPE GEOLOGY I

Call Number 11469
Day & Time
Location
TR 10:10am-11:25am
506 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Cornelia Class
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Prerequisites: For graduate students, basic background in chemistry, physics and earth science. For undergraduates, basic background in chemistry and physics, plus EESC UN2200 Solid Earth and EESC UN3101 Geochemistry for a Habitable Planet, or permission from the instructor. 

An introduction to the processes that drive the universe, the formation of our solar system, and the history and evolution of our planet. Topics include stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis (origin of the elements), principles of radioactive decay and geochronology, composition of the solar system and the Earth, evolution of the mantle and crust, and using isotopes to trace to geological processes.  

Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 11 students (25 max) as of 11:06AM Saturday, December 7, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number GU4887
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note Course prerequisites found here: https://eesc.columbia.edu/c
Section key 20243EESC4887W001