GS 647: Principles and applications of Isotope Geology

Syllabus​

Introduction to isotopes and nuclear systematics, analytical techniques and mass spectrometry, equations of radioactive decay and radiogenic growth, geochronology, isotope geology of Sr, Nd, Pb and Ar, and their applications, fundamentals of stable isotope geochemistry, O and H isotopes in the hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere, C isotopes in the Earth’s reservoirs, S isotopes and their applications in ore geology, Cosmogenic nuclides and their applications.

Texts/References

  • Faure, G. Principles of Isotope Geology, 2nd Edn. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986
  • Sharp Zachary (2006). Principlel of Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Prentice Hall
  • White, M. William (2014). Isotope Geochemistry. Wiley – Blackwell
  • Faure, G. and Mensing, T. M. Isotopes: Principles and Applications, 3rd Edn. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2005
  • Dickin, A. P. Radiogenic Isotope Geology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995
  • Hoefs, J. Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 3rd Edn. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1987
  • Rollinson, H. R. Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation, Longman, Harlow, 1993.