Required
laboratory: Follows a Friday and Monday schedule in 850 NSC
F at 1:00-3:30 PM or
M
at 6:30-9:00 PM
MFS Office Hrs: W 12:00-1:00 PM & Th
1:30 -2:30 PM
in room NSC 717
Exams: Daily quizzes are likely.
Three hourly tests during
the semester and a final test during finals week. Two lab practical
exams.
Projects: There will normally be 1-2 hr of
weekly homework assignments
which may involve some computer work.
Field trip: From April 22 to 24,
2005 there will be a required
3 day field trip to the Precambrian Grenville Province of the Canadian
Shield near the Bancroft area to examine regional metamorphic
zonation.
This trip occurs near the end of classes so students should make
appropriate
arrangements with the professors in other courses to accommodate their
absence.
Grade evaluation: exam I (15%), exam II
(15%), exam III (15%),
final exam (15%), quizes/homework (15%), laboratory (25%)
Objective of the course: The purpose
of this course is
to develop a basic understanding of igneous and metamorphic
rocks.
The course content includes theory and experimental data on their
formation
and methods for identification of the most common rocks. The
methodology
of the course applies fundamental principles of general sciences to
simplified
models of petrogenesis. To this end the textbook readings and
lectures
will be supplemented by computational exercises in which students will:
solve basic problems, graphically display relationships, interpret
images
of features, search the WWW for information, and simulate
processes.
Knowledge of basic geology, physics, and chemistry, is used. All
physical
and computational concepts and methods will be explained in class and
developed
in our weekly exercises. Through this course students will gain a
better understanding of igneous and metamorphic rocks and their
origins.
Topics to be covered:
Fundamental concepts (Ch. 1)
Rock Classification (Ch. 2)
Textures of igneous rocks (Ch. 3)
Phase relationships (Ch. 6 & 7)
Chemical Petrology (Ch. 8 & 9)
Diversification of magmas (Ch. 11)
Basaltic and ultramafic rocks (Ch. 12, 13, 15)
Subduction related activity (Ch. 16-17)
Granitoid rocks (Ch. 18)
Anorthosites (Ch. 20)
Metamorphic Rocks
- Introduction to metamorphism (Ch. 21)
- Classification of metamorphic rocks (Ch. 22)
- Structures and textures (Ch. 23)
- Stable mineral assemblages (Ch. 24)
- Metamorphic facies (Ch. 25)
- Metamorphic reactions (Ch. 26)
- Metamorphism of pelitic sediments (Ch 28)
- Metamorphism of calcareous sediments (Ch 29)
- Metasomatism (Ch. 30)
- Precambrian rock bodies and systems (Myron
Best, Ch. 15)
Who should take the course: Geology majors who
have taken Mineralogy
(GLY305). Undergraduates with any other major should obtain the
permission
of the instructor. |
