GEOL445

High Temperature Geochemistry

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Prerequisite: GEOL322, GEOL100, and MATH115. And CHEM131 and CHEM132; or (CHEM135 and CHEM136); or CHEM103. Restriction: Non-degree-seeking students require the permission of the instructor. Review of chemical principles and their use in understanding processes of Earth, and solar system formation and differentiation. Topics include nucleosynthesis and cosmochemical abundances of elements, bonding and element partitioning, equilibrium thermodynamics and phase stabilities, radiogenic isotopes and geochronology, kinetics, and diffusion.

Spring 2026

Ricardo Arevalo

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Past Semesters

Ricardo Arevalo

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Ricardo Arevalo

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Ricardo Arevalo

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Roberta Rudnick

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Average rating: N/A

William McDonough

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.85 between 92 students*

GEOL445 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 6.52%
A: 16.3%
A+: 8.7%
B-: 8.7%
B: 19.57%
B+: 7.61%
C-: 2.17%
C: 8.7%
C+: 8.7%
D: 3.26%
F: 2.17%
W: 4.35%
other: 3.26%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.