GS 828: Spectroscopic Methods in Earth Sciences

Syllabus​

Optical Absorption Spectroscopy; Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy; Thermoluminescene and Optically Stimulated Luminescence technique; Low Temperature Thermochronology, Mossbauer Spectroscopy; Electron Spin Resonance (ESR).

Texts/References

  • 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
  • Reiners, P. W. and Ehlers, T. A. Low-Temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations and Applications. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, V 58. 2005
  • Marfunin, A. S. Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation centers in Minerals, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979
  • 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
  • Hawthorne, F. C. (ed.), Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology, Reviews in Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America, 18, 1988
  • Beran, A and Libowitzky, E. (ed), Spectroscopic methods in Mineralogy. European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy. Vol 6, 2004