Geology (and other Earth Sciences)

Assignment Information Name: Geochemistry Assignment Instructions Geochemistry essay assignment. “What do we know about the composition of the Earth’s core? Include, in your answer, information provided by knowledge of the Earth’s density, the composition of meteorites, seismic evidence, and melt-solid distribution coefficients. Use diagrams where appropriate” You need to stick to the word limit, but please bear in mind that essays that choose data carefully to illustrate your understanding of the topic will obtain better marks than those that contain a lot of data but are poorly explained and lack synthesis of information from the different reference sources. Marks will also be awarded for correct essay structure, evidence that you have understood the topic, content, appropriate examples, relevant diagrams and accurate citations. Please indicate the number of words on the title page. The essay should be a maximum of 1500 words in length with all literature sources of information cited accurately using the Chicago author-date referencing system (see below). Students are reminded of the University plagiarism policy (see below); plagiarism will not be tolerated. The essay should be submitted via Blackboard. This assignment is due on the Friday 24th May 2013, by 4:30pm. must use in text referencing, the topics mentioned above (seismic, knowledge of Earth’s density, melt – solid distribution and the composition of meteorites