Geol 2111: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

For the most current lab schedule, see the Lab page .

Lecture schedule
Week	Date	Topic	Reading*
1	1/22-1/25	Intro and classification/nomenclature	Ch. 1 & 2
2	1/28-2/1	Igneous textures and structures	Ch. 3 & 4
3	2/4-2/8	Intrusive, or plutonic, process and bodies; Emplacement mechanisms	Ch. 4.2
4	2/11-2/15	Extrusive, or volcanic, processes, products, and landforms; Volcanoes	Ch. 4.1
5	2/18-2/22	Thermodynamics and phase equilibria, reaction series	Ch. 5-7
6	2/25-2/29	Melt generation, ascent, and evolution - basalt generation	Ch. 10-11
7	3/3-3/7	Differentiation and granitoid evolution	Ch. 18
8	3/10-3/14	NO CLASS - China Mid-term exam
9	3/17-3/21	NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
10	3/24-3/28	Lunar geology; Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks	Ch. 21-23, Yardley Ch. 1
11	3/31-4/4	Mineral assemblages, reactions and metamorphic facies	Ch. 24-25, Yardley Ch. 2
12	4/7-4/11	Metamorphic reactions; Metapelites	Ch. 26 & 28, Yardley Ch. 3
13	4/14-4/18	Meta-mafic rocks, hi P/T ratio metamorphism	Ch. 29, Yardley Ch. 4
14	4/21-4/25	Meta-carbonate rocks, skarns, ultramafic rocks	Ch. 29-30, Yardley Ch. 5
15	4/28-5/2	Dynamic metamorphism, processes, mechanisms, and kinetics	assigned (TBA), Best Ch. 17
16	5/5-5/9	Metamorphism and tectonics	Yardley Ch. 7, Miyashiro Ch. 9
	5/9	Last Class Day
	5/14	Final Exam 830-1030 am

* Reading is from Winter (2001) unless otherwise specified.

Best, Myron G., 2003, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Blackwell Science, 2nd ed.

Miyashiro, Akiho, 1994, Metamorphic Petrology, Oxford University Press, 1st ed.

Winter, John D., 2001, An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Prentice Hall, 1st ed.

Yardley, Bruce W.D., 1989, An Introduction to Metamorphic Petrology, Longman Earth Science Series, 1st ed.