Radiogenic Isotope Geology
Week 1: An introduction to nucleosynthesis and the distribution of elements in the Solar System; Fundamentals of radioactive Week 2:Geochronometry; Mass spectrometry: Techniques and Applications; Sampling strategy and processing Week 3:K-Ar and Ar-Ar methods of dating and their applications Week 4:Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd methods of dating and their applications Week 5:Re-Os and Lu-Hf methods of dating and their applications Week 6:U-Th-Pb geochronology Week 7:Isotope Geology of Pb Week 8:Processing and presentation of raw isotope geochemical data Week 9:Application of Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopes in petrogenetic studies Week 10:Fission Track method of dating; U-disequilibrium methods of dating Week 11:Cosmogenic radionuclides and their applications Week 12:Extinct radionuclides and cosmochronology