COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRACE ELEMENTS IN MINERALS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5060 TRACE ELEMENTS IN MINERALS ELECTIVE 2 0 2 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

TO DICUSS TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN MINERALS AND ROCKS DURING CRYSTALLIZATION AND MELTING AND MODELLING AND INTERPRETATION OF THEM

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   ABLE TO REALIZE MINERAL-ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION THROUGH CHEMICAL MODELLING
2   ABLE TO CRITICIZE THE FORMATION MECHANISM OF ROCKS AND MINERALS USING TRACE ELEMENTS
3   ABLE TO DISCUSS THE ORIGIN AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF ROCKS AND MINERALS
4   ABLE TO DESIGN A RESEARCH OVER ROCK AND MINERALS USING TRACE ELEMENS
5   ABLE TO UNDERTAKE AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH WITH MINERAL, ROCK,AND TRACE ELEMENTS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 TRACE ELEMENTS
2 TRACE ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTION RULES AND CONTROLLING FACTORES
3 TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE
4 GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRYSTALLIZATION (EQUILIBRIUM)
5 GEOCHEMISTRY OF CRYSTALLIZATION (FRACTIONAL)
6 GEOCHEMISTRY OF MELTING (EQUILIBRIUM)
7 MID-TERM EXAM
8 GEOCHEMISTRY OF MELTING (FRACTIONAL)
9 TRACE ELEMENTS AND MAJOR ELEMENTS DISTRIBUTION RELATIONS
10 MIXING (CONTAMINATION) DURING MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION
11 ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
12 APPLICATION OF TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION TO PETROLOGICAL PROBLEMS
13 APPLICATION OF TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION TO PETROLOGICAL PROBLEMS
14 APPLICATION OF TRACE ELEMENT DISTRIBUTION TO PETROLOGICAL PROBLEMS

Recomended or Required Reading

-SHAW D. M., 2007, TRACE ELEMENTS IN MAGMAS: A THEORETICAL TREATMENT
-DRAKE J M., HOLLOWAY J R., (EDTS) 1978, PROCEEDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY,
GEOCHICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA VOL. 42 657-942

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

LECTURE PRESENTATION
LAB HOMEWORKS

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG1 +ASG 2/2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 +ASG2/2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

NONE

Assessment Criteria

2 MID-TERM EXAM
LAB HOMEWORKS WILL BE RATED

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

NONE

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

LECTURER'S ROOM

Office Hours

TUESDAY by 10:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 168

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13
LO.242
LO.333
LO.4434
LO.55