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Geochemistry Department

The Geochemistry Department teaches students to characterize the chemical composition and elemental distribution of Earth materials by combining isotope geochemistry with mineral-stability thermodynamic modeling. Students repeatedly practice reproducing geochemical differentiation through thermodynamic simulation, graduating able to trace the origin and history of Earth materials on their own, reading isotope data alongside thermodynamic models.

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Field-based Curriculum · 12

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Radiometric Geochronology
Radiometric Geochronology
A course on the foundations of quantifying geological time by radioactive decay,…
Arthur Holmes
Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Stable Isotope Geochemistry
A course on reading hydrological processes and palaeoclimate with stable isotope…
Willi Dansgaard
Rare Earth Element Geochemistry & Crustal Composition
Rare Earth Element Geochemistry & Crustal Composition
A course tracing the evolution of crusts and planetary bodies with rare-earth el…
Ross Taylor
Mantle Geochemistry
Mantle Geochemistry
A course inverting the mantle from the trace-element and isotope geochemistry of…
Paul W. Gast
Cosmochemistry & Meteorite Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry & Meteorite Geochemistry
A course reading the early solar system from meteorites and lunar samples, centr…
Gerald J. Wasserburg
Thermodynamic & Metamorphic Geochemistry
Thermodynamic & Metamorphic Geochemistry
A course interpreting metamorphic rocks through the thermodynamics of mineral eq…
James B. Thompson Jr.
Biogeochemistry & Elemental Cycling
Biogeochemistry & Elemental Cycling
A course teaching the treatment of ecosystems as quantitative chemical systems, …
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
Noble Gas Geochronology
Noble Gas Geochronology
A course on noble-gas isotope geochronology, centring on argon-argon step heatin…
Grenville Turner
Crust-Mantle Evolution & Global Geochemical Cycles
Crust-Mantle Evolution & Global Geochemical Cycles
A course inverting elemental exchange between global reservoirs with box models,…
Claude Allègre
U-Pb Geochronology & Isotope Dating
U-Pb Geochronology & Isotope Dating
A course on the concordia-discordia method of U-Pb dating, diagnosing the causes…
George Wetherill
Ore Mineralogy & Element Distribution
Ore Mineralogy & Element Distribution
A course on identifying opaque ore minerals and analysing paragenesis, centring …
Paul Ramdohr
Mineral Stability at High Pressure & Temperature
Mineral Stability at High Pressure & Temperature
A course on mineral stability under extreme pressure, centring on the olivine-sp…
Ted Ringwood