GEL 323 Petrology |
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Spring, 2000 |
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Dr. Mary Roden-Tice |
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Hudson Hall 121 (Lab 001D) |
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Office Hours: 9-10, MWF or by appointment |
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| Text: Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks by H. Blatt and R.J.Tracy | ||
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| Reading assignments are given on the syllabus. | ||
| Attendance at labs and on field trips is mandatory. Lab assignments are due in the following week’s | ||
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| Late labs will be dropped one letter grade for each week late. | ||
| Course Grading: | 2 Hour Exams | 40% |
| Lab Assignments, Problem Sets and Quizzes | 25% | |
| Research Project | 15% | |
| Cumulative Final | 20% | |
| Terminology quizzes will be given at the beginning of class (1st 10 minutes) on an unannounced basis, | ||
| the week after the terms are assigned. | ||
| Dates | Lecture Topic | Reading Assignment |
| 1/20 | Igneous rocks – environments | Chpt. 1 |
| 1/25 | Igneous mineral and textures | Chpt. 2 |
| Lab: Igneous textures (micro) | ||
| 1/27 | Igneous rock classification | Chpt. 3 |
| Pick a volcano for report | ||
| 2/1 | Petrology of the mantle; oceanic igneous rocks; | Chpt. 7&8; |
| ophiolites; komatiites | p. 177-180; 196-197 | |
| Lab: Basalts, diabases, ultramafics (micro) | Quiz on igneous textures | |
| 2/3 | Igneous rocks of convergent margins | Chpt. 9 |
| 2/8 | Igneous rocks of the continental lithosphere | Chpt. 10 |
| Lab: Andesites, rhyolites, granites (micro) | Quiz on basalts, etc. | |
| 2/10 | Mt. St. Helens | Chpt. 10 |
| 2/15 | Crystallization of magmas | Chpt. 4, p. 81-92 |
| Lab: Continental tholeiites, anorthosites, layered mafics (micro) | Quiz on andesites, etc. | |
| 2/17 | No class – Goodwill Games | |
| 2/22 | Origin of magmas | Chpt. 5, p. 101-106 |
| Lab: Thin section techniques | Quiz on continental tholeiites, etc. | |
| 2/24 | Evolution of magmas – fractional crystallization | Chpt. 6 |
| 2/29 | Volcano presentations | |
| Lab: Volcano presentations and more thin section work | No quiz | |
| 3/2 | Hour Exam 1 | |
| 3/7 | Metamorphic rocks and textures | Chpt. 18; Chpt. 19, p. 375-380 |
| Lab: Pelites and metamorphic textures (micro) | ||
| 3/12 | Metamorphic isograds and facies; assemblages | Chpt. 20 |
| 3/14-3/16 | SPRING BREAK! | |
| 3/21 | Metamorphism of mafic and ultramafic rocks | Chpt. 22 |
| Lab: Metamorphosed mafic igneous rocks (micro) | Quiz on rock names, rock textures, | |
| mineral textures | ||
| 3/23 | Controls of metamorphic reactions | Chpt. 21 |
| 3/28 | Metamorphism of calcareous rocks; | Chpt. 24 |
| contact metamorphism | ||
| Lab: Calc-silicates, contact metamorphism and | Quiz on compositional rock terms, | |
| Fall Mt. Nappe (micro) | strained rock terms | |
| 3/30 | Metamorphism of Al-rich clastic rocks | Chpt. 23 |
| 4/4 | P-T-t paths and thermal modeling | Chpt. 19, p. 381-392 |
| Lab: Field, dike project | Quiz on mineral textures | |
| 4/6 | Hour Exam 2 | |
| 4/11 | Sedimentary rocks | Chpt. 11 |
| Lab: Field, dike project | No quiz | |
| 4/13 | Guest lecture – Dr. Donald Hooper | |
| 4/18 | Sandstones and conglomerates | Chpt. 13 |
| Lab: Field, dike project | Quiz on sandstones | |
| 4/20 | Diagenesis in sandstones | Chpt. 14 |
| 4/25 | Limestones and dolostones | Chpt. 16 |
| Lab: Field, dike project | Quiz on carbonates | |
| 4/27 | Other types of sedimentary rocks | Chpt. 17 |
| 4/27 | Dr. Tracy Rushmer, Distinguished Lecturer for the Mineralogical Society of America, | |
| Visits Plattsburgh State. Attendance required at her lecture at 4:30. | ||
| 5/2 | Presentations of dike research | |
| Lab: Sedimentary rocks (micro) | No quiz | |
| 5/4 | Presentations of dike research | |
| 5/8-5/12 | Final Exams | |