GS 816: Spectroscopic Methods in Earth Sciences

Syllabus​

Introduction to Spectroscopic Methods; Optical Absorption Spectroscopy; Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy; Cathodoluminescence, TL/OSL chronometry in Geology; Mossbauer Spectroscopy; Electron Spin Resonance (ESR); Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR); X-ray absorption Spectroscopy (XAS).

Texts/References

  • Hawthorne, F. C. (ed.). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology, Reviews in Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America, 18, 1988
  • Marfunin, A. S. Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation centres in Minerals, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979
  • Marshall, D. J. Cathodoluminescence of Geological Materials, Unwin Hyman, Ltd., London,1988
  • Aitken; M. J. An Introduction to Optical Dating : The Dating of Quaternary Sediments by the Use of Photon-stimulated Luminescence, Oxford University Press, Oxford,1998
  • King, P. L. Ramsey, M. S. and Swayse, G. A. (eds.) Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration Geochemistry and Remote Sensing, Mineralogical Association of Canada, short course series, V -33, 2004
  • Pieters, C. M. and Englert, P. A, (eds.) Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1997
  • Burns, R. G. Mineralogical Applications of Crystal Field Theory, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993