Lecture slides

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Archived course materials from Spring 2026.

Lecture slides will be added here throughout the term.

• Lecture 1: Course introduction
• Lecture 2: Making the elements
• Lecture 3: Equilibrium Conditions
• Lecture 4: Condensation
• Lecture 5+6: Making the Earth
• Lecture 7: Part 1 Trace elements
• Lecture 7: Part 2 Batch and fractional crystallization
• Lecture 8: Fractional Crystallization and Bulk Partition Coefficients
• Lecture 9: Partial melting and explaining the crust
• Lecture 10: Mid-term Review
• Lecture 11: Radioactive Decay
• Lecture 12: Model ages
• Lecture 13: The Atmosphere
• Lecture 14: The Long Term Carbon Cycle
• Lecture 15: Past Climate
• Lecture 16: Stable isotopes
• Lecture 17: CO2 in seawater
• Lecture 18: CO2 in seawater
• Lecture 19: Alkalinity and DIC
• Lecture 20: Alkalinity
• Lecture 21: Carbonate saturation