Required laboratory:
- GLY
306 B 1 ( LAB: Reg #: 093170, Monday 3:00 PM - 5:29 PM, Seats Available: 0 )
- GLY
306 B 2 ( LAB: Reg #: 147073, Friday 10:00 AM - 12:29 PM, Seats Available: 6 )
Office Hrs: W & Th 12:00 -1:00 PM
in room NSC 716
TA Office Hrs: Posted
on NSC 730
Exams: Probable daily quizzes. Three
hourly tests during the semester and a final test during finals week.
The low grade among the three hourly tests will be thrown out. The
final is mandatory. Two lab practical exams. No make
up exams.
Projects: There will normally be 1-2 hr of
weekly homework assignments which may involve some computer work.
Field trip: From April 23 to 25,
2003 there will be a required three-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: two of exams I-III (20% x
2)
final exam (20%), 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. |
