Unit GEOCHEMISTRY
- Course
- Geology
- Study-unit Code
- 55A00013
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Francesco Frondini
- Teachers
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- Francesco Frondini
- Hours
- 68 ore - Francesco Frondini
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ambito mineralogico-petrografico-geochimico
- Academic discipline
- GEO/08
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course represents the first teaching of geochemistry and examines
the basis and the fundamental principles of the this important branch of learning in geosciences and its connections with the other sectors of Geosciences and Planetary Sciences. - Reference texts
- Ottonello, G. 1991 – Principi di Geochimica. Zanichelli.
White, W.M. – 2013 Geochemistry. Wiley-Blackwell
Lecture notes - Educational objectives
- The course represent the first teaching of geochemistry and examines
the bases of the this important branch of learning in geosciences. The
main aims of this teaching are the knowledge of the fundamental
principles of geochemistry and their connections with other sectors of
geosciences and planetary sciences.
Main knowledge acquired (knowledge and understanding) will be:
the basic knowledge of the laws of cosmochemistry and the origin of
elements and isotopes;
distribution and abundance of elements in the main geochemical
reservoirs, solid Earth, oceans, atmosphere;
the knowledge of the main processes regulating elements mobility.
The main skills (the ability to apply the acquired knowlenge) will be:
geochemical classification of the elements; chemical mass balance;
ability to relate the acquired knowlwdge to other branches of geosciences - Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand the contents of the course and to apply
the majority of the techniques described within the course, it is strongly
recomended to have passed the exams of chemistry and mineralogy. - Teaching methods
- Theoretical lessons on all subjects of the course.
Laboratory practical training and field work. - Other information
- Lecture notes and other material are available on line at unistudium
(http://unistudium.unipg.it) - Learning verification modality
- Progress assessments and final oral exam.
The progress assesment, will be usefull to monitor the level of
understanding during the course, and to ascertain the knowlenge level
and understanding capability acquired by the student on theoretical and metodological contents of the course (knowledge and understanding).
The oral test, about 30 minutes long, will test the communication skills
and the the ability to apply the acquired knowledge (applying knowledge and understanding). - Extended program
- Atomic structure, elemental properties.
Origin of the elements.
Planetary differentiation.
Geochemical cycles and geochemical classification of the elements.
Chemical composition of the solid Earth.
Hydrosphere and atmosphere.
Introduction to isotope geochemistry.