Geokjemi

By the end of the course, the student should

• understand the geochemical classification of the elements and how they were formed
• know how to use major and trace elements to trace magmatic processes and for tectonic discrimination
• get acquainted with the thermodynamics of magmatic petrology
• be able to use geochemical and petrological data to explore melt sources and physical and chemical properties of melts during their evolution from formation to solidification, including fractional crystallisation, assimilation/contamination and emplacement
• use isotope-geochemistry/isotope geology for melt source characterisation and understanding melt-host rock interaction from melt generation to emplacement
• get familiar with the main geochronological methods based on radiometric isotopes
• use isotope geology to trace processes in the mantle and to get an understanding of the geochemical evolution of the Earth, including the formation of the early Earth
• get acquainted with the use of isotopes as proxies
• get acquainted with some central analytical methods and how to assess the quality of analytical data

• GEO1110
• KJM1101
• GEO2110
• GEO2150

The course includes a compulsory field course and excursions. A health-and-safety course for safety in the field must be passed before you can go on these:

• HMS0504

Both master's students and PhD candidates can take this course. The course is not open for single course students.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb.

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb. If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included.

The course has a max capacity of 20 students. If there are more than 20 applicants for the course, applicants will be ranked after the following categories:

1. Students admitted to one of the following programme options (not prioritized order):
   • ESPP
   • ABAN
2. Students at one of the following programmes (not prioritized order):
   • MNM2-GEO
   • MNM2-CS
   • PhD candidates from the University of Oslo (MN-faculty)
3. Students at the following programme:
   • MNM2-KJEMI

The teaching consists of 2 hours of lectures every week along with 2-4 hours of teaching that can be either seminars or lab practicals. Each student will present a small literature study which must be approved to sit the final exam.

From the seminars, mandatory assignments shall be submitted and must be approved to sit the final exam. From the lab exercises, submitted assignments will count towards the final grade.

There will be at least one full day of field excursion from which a submitted field report counts towards the final grade.

Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the course responsible.

We reserve the right to change the teaching form and examination in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted to the course.

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance coverage as a student.

General information about excursions at the Department of Geosciences

• Both the assignments from the seminars and the presentation of the literature study must be approved to sit for the final written exam.
• Mandatory assignments from the lab practicals will together count 40% towards the final grade.
• The field report counts 10% towards the final grade.
• The final written exam counts 50% towards the final grade.
• All partial assessments must be passed separately to pass the course.

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for the following course:

• GEO9822

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.

Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English.

You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

• 10 credits overlap with GEO9822