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This graduate-level learning path equips environmental science students with the geochemical principles and tools needed to assess and remediate environmental contamination. It covers fundamental geochemical concepts, the behavior of heavy metals and organic contaminants, and practical applications in monitoring, risk assessment, and remediation.
This graduate-level path equips isotope geochemists with the computational skills and conceptual frameworks to build, validate, and interpret quantitative models of isotope systems. It covers essential programming, data handling, mixing and evolution models, geochronology, and model validation, culminating in a capstone project that integrates these skills.
This learning path guides graduate students in geochemistry through the essential statistical methods for analyzing geochemical data. It covers foundational statistics, data handling, error analysis, visualization, and advanced multivariate techniques, culminating in a capstone project applying these skills to real geochemical datasets.
This learning path provides a systematic, graduate-level understanding of the thermodynamic principles governing equilibrium between aqueous fluids and minerals. It covers aqueous speciation, complexation, mineral solubility, redox equilibria, pH control, and fluid inclusion chemistry, with a strong emphasis on quantitative modeling and real-world applications. Designed for graduate students in geochemistry, the path builds from fundamental thermodynamics to advanced applications.
This advanced graduate-level path equips students with the conceptual and quantitative tools needed to use mixing models for interpreting geochemical data. It covers binary and ternary mixing, isotope systematics, inversion techniques, model constraints, and uncertainty assessment, culminating in practical applications.
This graduate-level path equips learners to model geochemical systems using thermodynamics. It covers essential thermodynamic principles, activity models, phase equilibria, numerical methods, and practical implementation in geochemical software, culminating in fluid-rock interaction and reaction path modeling. The path integrates necessary programming skills and emphasizes hands-on application.
This advanced graduate-level path explores the coupled nature of biological and geological chemical cycles, emphasizing the role of microbial metabolism in driving elemental transformations across Earth's spheres. Learners will build from foundational chemistry and biology to analyze the evolution of biogeochemical cycles, their modern perturbations, and the integration of biology into geochemical models. The path culminates in a research-oriented synthesis of how life and geology co-evolve.
This advanced graduate-level path systematically covers the principles, methodologies, and applications of major radiometric dating techniques used in geochemistry. It builds from fundamental atomic and isotopic concepts to the practical application and interpretation of U-Pb, Ar-Ar, Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and (U-Th)/He dating, including thermochronology. The path is designed for graduate students in geochronology to achieve a comprehensive understanding of dating methods and their geological interpretations.
This advanced graduate-level path systematically explores the chemical composition and evolution of Earth's mantle. It covers the foundational concepts of geochemistry and igneous petrology, the geochemical signatures of MORB and OIB, mantle heterogeneities, noble gas constraints, and models of mantle evolution and plume sources. The path emphasizes the integration of geochemical data with geophysical and petrological evidence to understand mantle dynamics.
This advanced graduate learning path equips students with the conceptual and quantitative tools to apply chemical kinetics to geochemical systems. It covers fundamental kinetic principles, diffusion and transport, mineral dissolution and crystal growth, and kinetic modeling, with emphasis on coupling thermodynamics and calculus.