Research Experience for Majors and Non-majors: ICP Spectroscopy in a Sequence of Research-Oriented Geology Courses

9352199林肯 目前正在引进一种电感耦合氩等离子体光谱仪，作为一种多功能仪器，用于各种分析任务，并正在使用一种破碎箱岩石研磨机来便利样品制备。 定量分析正在一系列课程中引入地质学课程，从高入学率的地质学入门课程开始，最终进入高级课程和独立研究项目。 地质学导论的学生，主要是非专业的学生，花了三个星期的时间来研究水质项目，在许多情况下，他们与市水务局的工作人员合作解决社区中的真实的问题。 所有地质学专业的学生都在岩石学和光学矿物学课程中学习仪器分析和岩石样品制备的原理。 他们将此应用于一个小组项目;每年班级将使用不同的岩石套件。 地下水地质学的学生有机会与城市水务部门进行更多的合作。 地球化学和火成岩与变质岩石学专业的学生从事个人研究项目。 这些经验鼓励学生进行独立的研究项目，并提交论文处理岩石和水化学。 ***

9352199 Lincoln An Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Spectrometer is being introduced as a versatile instrument for a variety of analytical tasks, and a shatter box rock grinder is being used to facilitate sample preparation. Quantitative analysis is being introduced into the geology curriculum in a series of courses, beginning with the high-enrollment Introductory Geology course and culminating in upper-level courses and independent research projects. The Introductory Geology students, predominantly non-majors, are devoting three weeks to projects on water quality, in many cases working cooperatively with City Water Department personnel on real problems in the community. All geology majors are learning principles of instrumental analysis and rock-sample preparation in the Petrology and Optical Mineralogy course. They are applying this to a group project; each year the class will work with a different suite of rocks. Students in Groundwater Geology are having opportunities for more involved cooperation with the City Water Department. Students in Geochemistry and in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology are engaged in individual research projects. These experiences are encouraging students to conduct independent research projects and submit theses dealing with rock and water chemistry. ***