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GL23C/GEOL2006: Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology

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Lecture Topics

Igneous Petrology

  1. IUGS classification of plutonic and volcanic rocks
  2. IUGS classification of pyroclastic rocks
  3. Genetic classifications of igneous rocks
  4. Petrogenesis of magma
  5. Petrogenesis of magma
  6. Phase Rule, phase diagrams and unary systems
  7. Binary systems, congruent and incongruent melting solid solution
  8. Ternary systems
  9. Magma Associations and plate tectonics
  10. Magma associations and plate tectonics
  11. Granitoids and tectonic settings
  12. Immobile and discriminant-element chemistry in metasomatized volcanic rocks

 

Lab Exercises

Igneous Petrology

  1. Exercise in the use of the IUGS plutonic rocks classification
  2. Hand specimen descriptions of plutonic rocks
  3. Hand specimen descriptions of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks
  4. Thin section descriptions of the granite-diorite-gabbro association
  5. Thin section descriptions of the basalt-andesite-rhyolite association
  6. Thin section descriptions of cumulative igneous rocks
 
 
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