Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples

As taught in: Spring 2011

A student standing in a bog with a large metal cylinder used for taking core samples.

MIT undergraduate researcher Carrie Keach ('10) takes a core in Thoreau's Bog, Concord, MA. Peat cores contain historical records of metal deposition from the atmosphere over the past 100-200 years. (Image courtesy of Sarah Jane White. Used with permission.)

Instructors:

Prof. Samuel Bowring

Prof. Edward Boyle

Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee

Dr. Francis Dudas

MIT Course Number:

12.119

Level:

Undergraduate

Course Features

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.