GEOSC 497 Carbonate Chemistry and Paleoenvironments Seminar (1 credit) - Fall 2020
Carbonate minerals are a pillar in our understanding of the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate through time, as well as ancient terrestrial (and extraterrestrial) environments and tectonics. However, carbonates are notoriously susceptible to syn- and post-depositional alteration of primary fabrics and geochemistry via biological, chemical, and thermal processes. In this and future carbonate seminars, we will build a foundation of the chemistry of carbonate equilibria and progress to discussions of early-, burial-, and late-stage diagenetic processes and their impacts on the carbonate rock record. We will end the term with geochemical proxies for ancient Earth conditions derived from the carbonate rock record. This seminar serves as a high-level survey of the utility of the carbonate record, and will be adapted to the interest of the course participants.
Carbonate minerals are a pillar in our understanding of the Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate through time, as well as ancient terrestrial (and extraterrestrial) environments and tectonics. However, carbonates are notoriously susceptible to syn- and post-depositional alteration of primary fabrics and geochemistry via biological, chemical, and thermal processes. In this and future carbonate seminars, we will build a foundation of the chemistry of carbonate equilibria and progress to discussions of early-, burial-, and late-stage diagenetic processes and their impacts on the carbonate rock record. We will end the term with geochemical proxies for ancient Earth conditions derived from the carbonate rock record. This seminar serves as a high-level survey of the utility of the carbonate record, and will be adapted to the interest of the course participants.
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