COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISOTOPE ANALYSIS IN MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DJJ 5058 ISOTOPE ANALYSIS IN MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 2 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to support the modeling of marine geoscience processes by using the analytical inorganic geochemistry data. Moreover, introducing the inorganic analytical geochemistry techniques in sea water and marine sediments in terms of instrumentation, chemical separation and raw data evaluation with interpretation steps in another purpose.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identifying the application fields of marine isotope geochemistry in both sea-water and marine sediment samples by using the isotope geochemistry principles in marine isotope geochemistry.
2   Knowing the interpretation methods of the radioactive isotope geochemical data in sea water and marine sediment samples.
3   Knowing the interpretation methods of the stable isotope geochemical data in sea water and marine sediment samples.
4   Knowing the interpretation methods of the rare gas and cosmogenic isotope geochemical data in sea water and marine sediment samples.
5   Knowing the modern analytical geochemical techniques, applicable to the marine isotope geochemistry, with their recent applications in the scientific literature in terms of chemical separation, measurement techniques, statistical uncertainties and modeling.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The principles of isotope geochemistry (elements, radiogenic isotopes) I-
2 The principles of isotope geochemistry (stable and cosmogenic isotopes) II-
3 Modern analytical geochemistry techniques of chemical separation, measurements, modeling and expanded uncertainty evaluations by using GUM (Lab.)
4 Sample preparation processes for isotope geochemistry applications (Lab.)
5 Rb-Sr isotope geochemistry in sea water and marine sediments
6 Sm-Nd isotope geochemistry in sea water
7 Re-Os isotope geochemistry in sea water
8 Mid-term exam
9 U-Th series isotope geochemistry in sea water and marine sediments
10 Rare gas isotope geochemistry in sea water (He, Ar, Xe, Ne)
11 Cosmogenic isotopes (14C; 10Be) geochemistry in sea water and marine sediments
12 Stable isotope geochemistry (O, C, N, S) and non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry (Cl, Ca, Fe, Mo) in sea water and marine sediments
13 Pore water and sediment geochemistry in gas-hydrate related sediments
14 Presentations of related projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Albarede F (2009). Geochemistry an introduction, Cambridge (Second edition), UK.
Allegre C. J. (2008). Isotope Geology, Cambridge, UK.
Schulz H. D., Zabel M (2005). Marine Geochemistry (second edition), Springer, Germany
Chester R. (2000). Marine Geochemistry (second edition), Blackwell Science, UK.
Supplementary Book(s):
G. Faure, M. T. Mensing, J (2005). Isotopes Principles and Applications, Wiley & Sons, Inc. (3rd edition).
H. Jochen (2009). Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Springer (Sixth Edition), Germany
Johnson M. C., Beard L. B., Albarede F. Eds. (2004). Geochemistry of non-traditional stable isotopes, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Mineralogical Society of America Geochemical Society,
V 55.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures, laboratory and homework presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam: LO1, LO2, LO5
Homework Assignments/Presentation: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Final Exam: LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Until the new geochemical lab is opened in the Institute of Marine Geoscience and Technology, Clean Lab (Chemical Process Lab) located in Dokuz Eylul Uni, Vocational School of Torbalı will be used. This course instructor is already head of this lab

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Altuğ Hasözbek
altug.hasozbek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday-Friday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Labratory 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Lab Preparation 12 2 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15111121253555
LO.25111121253555
LO.35111121255555
LO.45111121254555
LO.55111121254555

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