Lesson 3 overview

Lesson 3 overview#

This week we encounter our first common geoscience equation, the diffusion equation, and the lesson for this week differs slightly from the previous lessons. We will start with two lectures about the diffusion equation in general and its applications for mineral dating. As usual we will finish with the exercise for this week.

  1. Natural diffusion lecture slides

  2. Basic concepts of thermochronology lecture slides

  3. Exercise 3

Learning objectives#

After completing this week’s lesson you should be able to:

  • Explain the general concept of the diffusion equation and its physical meaning

  • Explain the idea of an effective closure temperature, and how it relates to thermochronology and diffusion

Lesson materials#

Lesson notebook file(s)#

Lesson 3 notebook file(s)

Lesson 3 demonstration notebook

Lesson videos#

Lesson 3.1 - Diffusion as a geological process

Dave Whipp, University of Helsinki @ Quantitative Geology channel on Youtube.

Lesson 3.2 - Basic concepts of thermochronology

Dave Whipp, University of Helsinki @ Quantitative Geology channel on Youtube.

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