Geochemistry

Course content

Crystal chemistry-principles and rules for atomic substitution. Composition of universe (sun, planets, meteorites). Composition and evolution of Earth and its reservoirs (core, mantle, crust, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere). 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.