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Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry - NGEO109
Title: Geochemie a kosmochemie
Guaranteed by: Department of Geophysics (32-KG)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 5
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech, English
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: RNDr. Ondřej Šrámek, Ph.D.
Annotation -
This course offers an introduction to chemistry of Solar System, planets, and the Earth, and is designed specifically for students and researchers in geophysics and planetary physics.
Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
Aim of the course -

This course introduces major topics and method of cosmo- and geochemistry

Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Podmínkou udělení zápočtu je aktivní účast na cvičení.

Zkouška je písemná a/nebo ústní, požadavky odpovídají sylabu v rozsahu prezentovaném na přednášce.

Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
Literature -
  • White, W M: Geochemistry (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
  • Albarède, F: Geochemistry - An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2009)

Treatise on Geochemistry, Ten-Volume Set (Elsevier, 2nd ed., 2014)

Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
Teaching methods -

Lecture + exercises

Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
Syllabus -

Stars, the birthplace of the elements (nucleosynthesis)

Meteorites and cosmochemical abundances

Planetary accretion, differentiation, solar system

Radionuclides and geochronology: Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, Re-Os, U-Pb, Hf-W

Radiogenic nuclides: extinct isotope systems

Radiogenic nuclides: noble gases and stable nuclides

Cosmogenic and nucleogenic production of nuclide

The Primitive Mantle (BSE) - meteorites, Earth models, layering, heat budget

The Core - Fe + Ni + light elements, age of core formation, geodynamo

The modern mantle - geotherm, melting, layering, domains (reservoirs)

The Crust - oveanic vs. continental, continental growth, heat production and heat flow

Last update: Gallovič František, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
 
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