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Course Name	Turkish	Jeokimya
	English	Geochemistry
Course Code	JEO 323	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	-	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Murat Budakoğlu
Course Objectives		1. To provide a comprehensive introduction to geochemistry and familiarize students with the basic geochemical principles those are relevant to the study of Earth science. 2. To gain an understanding of geochemistry by using basic geochemical principles to explain, interpret and predict common processes in Earth sciences. 3. To recognize how an understanding of basic geochemical concepts can increase our understanding of the Earth system.
Course Description		Earth science is a dynamic and diverse discipline concerned with describing, explaining and predicting processes both within and between the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. At its base are fundamental chemical, physical, biological and geological concepts and theories, expressed in both a qualitative and quantitative manner. Within this discipline, JEO421E focuses on how chemistry and geology are combined and how the result of this combination can be used to understand the Earth and how it works. A series of interactive lectures provide a comprehensive introduction to geochemistry and some interesting questions to think about while problem-based practical sessions allow developing, exploring, understanding and application of geochemical principles to common processes in Earth sciences. The material covered will include: Geochemical fundamentals (crystal chemistry-principles and rules for atomic substitution); cosmochemistry (composition of universe - sun, planets and meteorites), radiogenic isotopes and Earth differentiation (composition and evolution of Earth and its reservoirs - core, mantle, crust, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere); crustal geochemistry; Earth surface geochemistry; hydrothermal geochemistry; stable isotopes fundamentals; Major and trace element behaviour in magmatic processes-melting and crystallization models; Products of magmatic processes-volcanics and granitoids; Geochemistry in sedimentary and metamorphic processes.
Course Outcomes		(1) Have a broad overview of the field of geochemistry and how it relates to other areas of the geosciences (2) Have an appreciation for the types of problems that geochemistry addresses (3) Gain an understanding of how natural systems work, and in some instances how humans impact these systems (4) Be able to apply chemical principles and concepts, learnt in chemistry to geochemistry and geological problems (5) Have a fundamental understanding of chemical equilibrium, and the effects of pressure and temperature on chemical equilibrium (6) Be able to balance chemical reactions that occur commonly in weathering, lithologic, and redox controlled environments (7) Have a basic understanding of stable isotopes and applying radiogenic isotope geochemistry to geochronology, thus proving a time frame for geologic events
Pre-requisite(s)		none
Required Facilities		none
Other		none
Textbook		ESSENTIALS of GEOCHEMISTRY, 2nd EDITION, JONES & BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, 2008. AUTHOR: WALTHER, J.V.
Other References		2. GEOCHEMISTRY, 2ND EDITION, PRENTICE HALL, 1996. AUTHOR: BROWNLOW, A.H. 3. PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF GEOCHEMISTRY 2ND EDITION, PRENTICE HALL INC., 1998. AUTHOR: GUNTER FAURE 4. INTRODUCTION to GEOCHEMISTRY, 3rd Edition MCGRAW-HILL, INC., 1975 AUTHOR: KONRAD B. KRAUSKOPF 5. ENCYCLOPEDIA of GEOCHEMISTRY, KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, 1999 EDITED by CLARE P. MARSHALL and RHODES W. FAIRBRIDGE 6. GEOCHEMISTRY: PATHWAYS & PROCESSES, 2nd EDITION, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004. AUTHOR: McSWEEN, H.Y., RICHARDSON, S.M. & UHLE, M.

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