Introduction to Geochemistry

Harvard FAS

A commonality across the universe are the elements and isotopes of the periodic table, and understanding their behavior is applicable not only to the Earth today, but across space and time. All planetary objects and processes involve chemical exchange, and in this course we will learn how chemical behavior is central to planetary systems, and how we can use geochemistry to understand Earth’s structure and function and how it has changed with time. This course emphasizes the physical aspects…