
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