SUBJECT
Title
Environmental isotopes
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semesters 1-3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Basic geochemistry of the Earth and its spheres. Principles of radiogenic and stable isotopes. Brief geochemistry of significant environmental isotopes. Understanding of behave of characteristic environmental isotopes (H, C, O, S, N, He, Li, B, Be, Al, Cl, Si, I, Br, Sr, Rn, Th, U) and their many-fold applications in earth and environmental sciences.
Readings
- Faure, G. (1998) Principles and Applications of Geochemistry. Prentice-Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Yersey, pp: 600, ISBN: 0-02-336450-5
- Brownlow, H.A. (1996) Geocehmistry. Prentice-Hall Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Yersey, pp: 573, ISBN-13: 978-0133982725
- Allegre, J.C. (2008) Isotope Geology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp: 534, ISBN-13 978-0-521-86228-8