adv-geochem2
Master course offered in winter semester.
This course covers both high and low temperature geochemical processes.
Instructor: Prof. Wolfgang Siebel
Course format: 4 hr lecture
Course syllabus
- Magmatic processes associated with plate boundary environments (mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones) and within plate regions (ocean islands and volcanic plateaus).
- Geochemical and isotopic composition of different mantle reservoirs
- Magmatic and tectonic processes along subduction zones
- Fundamental processes leading to the characteristic geochemical features of the continental crust and the different mantle reservoirs.
- Basic oceanographic principles operating in the marine realm, ocean basin bathymetry, t
- Chemical properties of seawater, trace elements and isotopes and their distribution in the water column,
- Marine carbon cycle, ocean circulation, hydrothermal processes and life on the sea floor,
- Formation and distribution of marine sediments and marine mineral resources
- Environmental issues
Course materials are provided in the online university system (ILIAS).