ESS C113/213: Biogeochemistry

Edwin Schauble
schauble@ucla.edu


Class Meets Tuesday & Thursday 11:00am - 12:15pm, in Geology 3645

Class Final (Due June 12, 2008)

Class Syllabus (html)

HW#1 (Due April 17, 2008)
HW#2 (Due May 6, 2008)
    Chesworth et al. (1981) e-print.
HW#3 - Pseudo-midterm (Due May 16, 2008)
HW#4 - Electrochemistry (Due June 9, 2008)

Midterm Wikipedia project (Due May 1, 2008)


Final Project Description

Journal discussion #1 -- Wildfire and Carbon cycling (Discussion Thursday, May 15 -- originally scheduled for May 13)
Read these articles before class:
    Neffetal2005.pdf
    Johnsonetal2007.pdf

Journal discussion #2 -- Astrobiology & methane on Mars (Discussion Thursday, May 22).
    1. McKay et al. (2003) The classification of biosignatures. Astrobiology v. 2, p.625-626.
    2. Krasnopolsky et al. (2004) Detection of methane in the martian atmosphere: evidence for life? Icarus v. 172, p. 537-547.
    3. Lyons et al. (2005) Formation of methane on Mars by fluid-rock interactions with the crust. Geophysical Research Letters v. 32, 4p.

Journal discussion #3 -- Mercury biogeochemistry (Discussion Thursday, May 29).
    1. Rothenberg et al. (2008)
    2. Omichincki (2007)
    3. Cristol et al. (2008)

Field Trip -- Still seeing if we can get on the boat!

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