Academic Catalog

GEOE514 ISOTOPE GEOLOGY

Course Code: 5640514
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Geological Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Assist.Prof.Dr ALÝ ÝMER
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Principles of nuclear physics. Radioactive decay equation and mechanisms. Rb-Sr. Sm-Nd and He isotope systematics in geochronology and petrology. Concepts of crustal growth. mantle depletion. mantle degassing. mantle metasomatism. and crustal contamination.