Geochemistry of the Land - Dr. C.E. Heinzel - Spring 2023

Syllabus - Spring 2023 , Bus Change added test 3 to
Lecture slides

Week 1 : Monday - Introduction , Wednesday - Periodic Table , Safety One - UNI Laboratory Safety Slides

Week 2 : Monday - Thin Sections and petrography , Wed. - Elements, Minerals, Rocks & Earth History Safety Two - UNI Hazardous Waste Spill Slides , Helpful sites for learning more - Site 1 , Site 2 , Site 3 , Site 4

Week 3: Monday and Wednesday - Mafic minerals and rocks and Mining Metallic Resources , Helpful sites for learning more, Site 1

Week 4: Monday - Mafic rocks cont., Petrography cont. Midcontinent Rift and Duluth Complex

Week 5: Test 1 Monday Feb. 13 , Tuesday and Wednesday - Intro. to Iowa Geologic History and Geochemistry, Slides , Intro. to X-ray Diffraction, Slides

Week 6: Non-metallic resources - Limestone Dolostone Quarries, Particle size analyses Slides

Week 7: Non-metallic resources

Week 8: Test 2 Wednesday March 8, Heavy mineral, Slides

Week 9 Spring Break, March 13 - 17, 2023

Week 10 Radon Slides

Week 11/12 Finish heavy minerals and Introduce Iowa's surficial geology Slides , Introduction to soils and weathering completed on the chalk board. Field trip to Cedar Hills Sand Prairie, Soils, Geochemistry and Agriculture, Slides

Week 13 - Iowa soils, clay and geochemisty, Slides

Week 14 - Applied Geochemistry through Geoarchaeology, Slides 1 , Slides 2 Geochemistry Field Trip Saturday April 15, Leaving Latham 7:30 AM, Returning before 5pm, Guidebook

Week 15 - Surficial water, ICP-MS and geoChem, Slides

Test 3 will be on Friday April 28, 2023 approx. 80 points

Final Exam - Wednesday May 10, 10 to Noon, Latham 128, approx. 150 points

 

 

Reading and Handouts

Textbook - Chemistry in Geology by Robin Gill

Conventional ACS Periodic Table, Geochemical Periodic Table, Summary of Geochemical Periodic Table, Blank Periodic Table, Geology Topics through a Chemistry Lens

 

Video - The 'good stuff' in the video below is from about 5 min to 7:15