Lab assignments

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Archived course materials from Spring 2026.

Lab assignments will be added here throughout the term.

• Lab 1: Partial Melting of Olivine
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  • Introduction
• Lab 2: Major, minor, and trace elements in Earth’s mantle
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  • Introduction
• Lab 3: Trace element partitioning during crystallization
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  • Introduction
• Lab 4: Chemical differentiation of Earth
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  • Introduction
• Lab 5: Sm-Nd Decay
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  • Introduction
• Lab 6: The long term carbon cycle
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  • Introduction
• Lab 7: Measuring stable isotopes
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  • Introduction
• Lab 8: Cenozoic Climate
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  • Introduction