ESS 460/560 homework

Homework and problem sets will usually be handed out on Wednesdays. Due dates are shown in the table below. Be sure to finish the homework exercises and turn them in on time - they are worth 50% of your final grade.

The aim of the problem sets is to emphasize material covered in lectures. Many things sound simple in the abstract atmosphere of an afternoon lecture, but there's nothing like actually working some problems to find out whether you really understood the material.

Some of the problems will be easier to do with a computer. For these, you can use MATLAB or EXCEL spreadsheets, but be sure to include enough working to let me know how you solved the problem.

Homework schedule

Date	Problem set	Materials	Due date
24 Sept	Review and warm-up exercises	Week 1 review (pdf) Week 1 review (MSWord)	1 Oct
1 Oct	Nuclear physics	Problems Week 2 (pdf)	8 Oct
8 Oct	Research report - meteoric nuclides	Meteoric nuclides (pdf) Meteoric nuclides (MSWord)	15 Oct
29 Oct	Forward model - paleosol burial dating	Paleosol exposure / burial model (xls)	5 Nov