This page covers the following
topics related to Petrology : Introduction, Rock Names, IUGS Igneous Rock
Classification, Using the Camera Scales, Norms, Norm Calculations, Gram Formula
Weights, Sample Spreadsheet, Diopside-Hypersthene Sample Spreadsheet, Phase
Diagrams, Composition Axes, Binary Phase, Diagrams, Some_Binary_Diagrams, The
Lever Rule, G-X vs T-X Diagrams, Triangular Graph Paper, Ternary Phase Diagrams,
Halide Isothermal Sections, Phase Diagram Implications, Granite System, Liquidus
Diagram at 1 atmosphere, Isothermal Section at 1040°C, Isothermal Section at
1200°C, Igneous Geochemistry, Trace Elements, Equations for Radioactive Decay,
Metamorphism, Metamorphism Introduction, Some Mineral Stabilities During
Metamorphism, Geologic Pressures, A Steady-State Geothermal Gradient, ACF
Metamorphic Facies, CMS Assemblages, CMS Reactions, AFM Diagrams, Frank Spear's
paper on animated AFM diagrams.
This page covers the following
topics related to Petrology : Introduction, Rock Names, IUGS Igneous Rock
Classification, Using the Camera Scales, Norms, Norm Calculations, Gram Formula
Weights, Sample Spreadsheet, Diopside-Hypersthene Sample Spreadsheet, Phase
Diagrams, Composition Axes, Binary Phase, Diagrams, Some_Binary_Diagrams, The
Lever Rule, G-X vs T-X Diagrams, Triangular Graph Paper, Ternary Phase Diagrams,
Halide Isothermal Sections, Phase Diagram Implications, Granite System, Liquidus
Diagram at 1 atmosphere, Isothermal Section at 1040°C, Isothermal Section at
1200°C, Igneous Geochemistry, Trace Elements, Equations for Radioactive Decay,
Metamorphism, Metamorphism Introduction, Some Mineral Stabilities During
Metamorphism, Geologic Pressures, A Steady-State Geothermal Gradient, ACF
Metamorphic Facies, CMS Assemblages, CMS Reactions, AFM Diagrams, Frank Spear's
paper on animated AFM diagrams.
This introductory
level note in Petrology is aimed at arming the students with the basic tools
needed for understanding igneous and metamorphic processes. Topics covered
includes: Metamorphism, Magmas and Lavas, Types of metamorphism, Classification
of Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Textures, Parental Magmas and Igneous Rock,
Isograds and Metamorphic Facies, Phase Equilibria and Crystallization of magmas:
Binary diagrams, Equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium in metamorphic petrology; The
Phase rule applied to metamorphic systems, Ternary diagrams, Granites and
Granitic rocks, Metamorphic Reactions.
This note covers the following topics:
Earth interior, Mantle, Crust, Oceanic crust, Continental crust, Velocity
structure, Velocity boundaries, Petrology and Tectonics, Lithosphere, Pressure
Gradient, Pressure In The Crust, Heat Sources In The Earth, Heat Production and
Heat Transfer.
This note covers the following topics:
structure and heat produciton in Earth, Introduction to igneous rocks,
Subduction zones, Classification of igneous rocks, Thermodynamics, Igneous
textures, Thermodynamics and Layered Mafic Intrusions, Heat transfer and intro
to geochemistry, Long Valley overview and volcanic structures, Mantle
composition and melting, Mantle geochemistry and continental alkaline rocks.
This introductory level
course note in Petrology is aimed at arming the students with the basic tools
needed for understanding igneous and metamorphic processes. Topics covered
includes: Magmas and Lavas, Classification of igneous rocks, Phase equilibria in
igneous petrology and crystallization of magmas, Magmatic differentiation, Plate
tectonic setting of igneous rocks, Types of metamorphic reactions,
Geothermometry and geobarometry.