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

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