Laboratory Techniques in Geosciences
Geos 596A Sec1 – 19969, 2 units
Fall 2001, class times: Tues 2:00-3:50 p.m.
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to laboratory-based research,
facilities, and personnel that are accessible to graduate students in the
Geoscience department. The course will consist of tours of labs, lectures
on applicable theory, and introduction to facilities. We meet in Gould-Simpson
303 unless otherwise notified.
21 Aug. Introduction
28 Aug. Steve Sorenson, Departmental computing facilities, meet in
CLUE lab (confirmed)
4 Sept. Bob Butler, Tour of the paleomag
lab (confirmed starting at 3:00)
11 Sept. Bob Kamilli, USGS overview (class is cancelled
- federal government lockdown)
18 Sept. Wes Bilodeau, sample preparation facilities (confirmed)
25 Sept. George Gehrels, U-Pb dating (confirmed)
2 Oct. Bob Kamilli, USGS overview (confirmed)
9 Oct. Tim Jull, Tour of the Carbon-14
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry lab (confirmed)
16 Oct. Andy Cohen, Tour of the scanning electron microscope facilities
(confirmed starting at 2:30)
23 Oct. Ken Domanik, Tour of the electron
microprobe facilities, meet in LPL 23 (confirmed)
30 Oct. Bob Downs, Tour of the X-ray diffraction facilities (confirmed)
6 Nov. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, no class
13 Nov. David Dettman/Mark Barton, stable isotope principles and mass
spectrometry (confirmed)
20 Nov. Jon Patchett, radiogenic isotopes (confirmed)
27 Nov. Joaquin Ruiz, tour of the ICP-MS
lab (confirmed)
Course is administered by Barton
and Downs.