Lydia Zehnder: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Ms Lydia Zehnder |
| Address | Inst. für Geochemie und Petrologie ETH Zürich, NW E 76.3 Clausiusstrasse 25 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 71 55 |
| lydia.zehnder@eaps.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 651-4055-00L | Analytical Methods in Petrology and Geology | 3 credits | 2G | J. Allaz, S. Bernasconi, M. Guillong, L. Zehnder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Practical work in analytical chemistry for Earth science students. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Knowledge of some analytical methods used in Earth sciences, introduction to data interpretation, writing of a scientific report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Introduction to analytical geochemistry and atom physics, notably: - X-ray diffraction (XRD), - X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), - Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA), - Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS), - Mass spectroscopy for light isotopes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Short handouts for each analytical method. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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