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    Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples

    As taught in: Spring 2006

    A topographic map of Siciliy.

    Left: Topographic map of the investigated area with sampling site shown as red circle. Right: Pb concentration with inferred age (depth) in the sediment core. (Image by of MIT OpenCourseWare.)

    Instructors:

    Prof. Edward Boyle

    Prof. Frederick Frey

    Prof. Samuel Bowring

    Prof. Timothy Grove

    MIT Course Number:

    12.119

    Level:

    Undergraduate

    Course Features

    Course Description

    This is a laboratory course supplemented by lectures that focus on selected analytical facilities that are commonly used to determine the mineralogy, elemental abundance and isotopic ratios of Sr and Pb in rocks, soils, sediments and water.