Level:
Undergraduate
Instructors:
Prof. Samuel Bowring
Prof. Edward Boyle
Prof. Frederick Frey
Prof. Timothy Grove
Left: Topographic map of the investigated area with sampling site shown as red circle. Right: Pb concentration with inferred age (depth) in the sediment core. (Image by of MIT OCW.)
Course Features
Course Highlights
Course Description
This is a laboratory course supplemented by lectures that focus on selected analytical facilities that are commonly used to determine the mineralogy, elemental abundance and isotopic ratios of Sr and Pb in rocks, soils, sediments and water.
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .xls.