MIT undergraduate researcher Carrie Keach ('10) takes a core in Thoreau's Bog, Concord, MA. Peat cores contain historical records of metal deposition from the atmosphere over the past 100-200 years. (Image courtesy of Sarah Jane White. Used with permission.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Samuel Bowring
Prof. Edward Boyle
Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee
Dr. Francis Dudas
MIT Course Number
12.119
As Taught In
Spring 2011
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
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.
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