SUBJECT

Geochronological methods

lecture

master

Faculty of Science

Geology MSc

2

Semester 3

Autumn semester

Units in geochemical data: from weight percent to molar units and recalculations from one to another. Processing mineral chemical data. cation number and end-member calculations. Introduction to geothermobarometry calculations. Using major elements in geochemistry: classification techniques, CIPW calculation. Using trace elements in geochemistry: constructing multielement trace element diagrams and the interpretation of normalized trace element patterns. Petrogenetic modeling calculations based on the trace elements. Using radiogenic isotope in geochemistry: age determination based on isochron method and the U-Pb Concordia technique. Calculation of initial isotope ratios and the epsilon values. Radiogenic isotopes in petrogenetic calculations: mixing models.

• R. Gill (1997): Modern Analytical Geochemistry: an introduction to quantitative chemical analysis techniques for Earth, environmental and material sciences. Longman, 329 pp.
• H.R. Rollinson (1993): Using geochemical data: evaluation, presentation, interpretation. Longman, 352 pp.