Course10510600540 lectures
Isotope Geochemistry
Prof. Gyana Ranjan Tripathy · IISER Pune
About
Isotopes have extensively been used in all branches of natural science for quantitative assessment of various processes. This course aims to cover fundamental concepts related to (i) stable, radioactive and radiogenic isotopes, (ii) mass spectrometric analyses, and (iii) their application in understanding geological, oceanic and climatic processes. Additionally, it will train the students in data handling and modeling techniques essential for isotopic research.
Intended audience: M.Sc. and PhD students
Prerequisites: Basic understanding on Inorganic chemistry will be beneficial.
Lectures
Week 1
- Introduction and Course Structure
- Nuclear Stability and Radioactive Decay
- Nucleosynthesis: Origin of Elements
- Radiocarbon
- Statistics and Error Analysis
Week 2
- Mass Spectrometer (Basic Principles)
- Mass Spectrometer (Instrumental Fractionation)
- Isotope Dilution
- K-Ar Dating (Basic Principles)
- K-Ar Dating (Applications)
- Mass Spectromteric Analysis: Lab Demonstration
Week 3
- Argon-Argon (Ar-Ar) Dating
- Rubidium-Strontium (Rb-Sr) isotopic systematic
- Strontium isotopes in Metamorphic systems
- Strontium isotopes in Oceanic systems
- Video Demo: Isotope Dilution for Rhenium analysis
Week 4
- Source Apportionment Modeling
- Sm-Nd isotopes (Part I)
- Sm-Nd isotopes (Part II)
- Sm-Nd isotopes (Part III)
- Tutorial: Source Mixing Calculations
Week 5
- Uranium-Thorium (U-Th) Decay Series and Secular Equilibrium
- Thorium-230 (Th-230) dating
- Lead-210 (Pb-210) Dating and Cesium-137 (Cs-137) systematic
- Uranium-Lead (U-Pb) isotopic systematic
- Application of Uranium-Thorium (U-Th) isotopes
Week 6
Week 7
- Isotope Hydrology
- Rayleigh Fractionation
- Oxygen isotopes in Carbonates
- Stable Sulfur Isotopes
- Application of Stable Isotopes
Week 8
Syllabus and materials
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- IISER Pune
- Department
- Civil Engineering
- Teacher
- Prof. Gyana Ranjan Tripathy
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Engineering
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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