SUBJECT

Title

Environmental isotopes

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

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