CE30540 - Petrology of Earth Materials

SPRING 2020

Instructor: A. Simonetti
Office: 105A Cushing Hall
Course Schedule: Tuesdays, Thursdays 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Lab session: Tuesdays 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Classroom: 161 Fitzpatrick Hall
Textbook: Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (2nd Edition), by J.D. Winter. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010.

SYLLABUS

CLASS LECTURE & LAB PRACTICAL SCHEDULE
(subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
MATERIALS
1- 01/15/2019
Intro. Metamorphic Rocks
2- 01/17/2019 
Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
3- 01/22/2019
Metamorphic Textures -1
4- 01/24/2019
Metamorphic Textures -2
Lecture #4
5- 01/29/2019
Met. Facies - & Mineral Assemblages
Lecture #5
6- 01/31/2019
Mineral Assemblages -2
7- 02/05/2019
Mineral Assemblages -3 & Chemographics
8- 02/07/2019
Mineral Assemblages -4 & Chemographics
Lecture #8
9- 02/12/2019
Metamorphic Reactions
Lecture #9
10- 02/14/2019
Metamorphism of Pelites
Lecture #10
11- 02/19/2019 Metamorphism of Calcareous & UM
Lecture #11
02/21/2019
Metamorphic Exam Review
 

02/26/2019

 Metamorphic Mid-Term Exam

 
12- 02/28/2019
Classification of Igneous Rocks
Lecture #12
13- 03/05/2019
Igneous Textures
 Lecture #13
14- 03/07/2019

Igneous Structures & Field Relationships

Lecture #14
03/12/2019
SPRING BREAK
03/14/2019
SPRING BREAK
  
15- 03/19/2019
2-Component Systems
Lecture #15
16- 03/21/2019
3-Component Systems
Lecture #16
17- 03/26/2019
Major Elements
 
18- 03/28/2019
 
 
19- 04/02/2019
Major & Trace Elements -1
Lectures #17 & 18
20- 04/04/2019
Trace Elements -2
Lecture #19
21- 04/09/2019

Isotopes - 1

Lecture #20
22- 04/11/2019
Isotopes - 2
Whiteboard-based lecture - #21
23- 04/16/2019
Isotopes - 3
Lecture #22
24- 04/18/2019 Melt Diversification -1 Lecture #23
25- 04/23/2019
Melt Diversification -2

Lecture #24

 
26- 04/25/2019 MORBs and OIBs Lecture #25
27- 04/30/2019 In-class review  
05/06/2019
IGNEOUS PETROLOGY EXAM
@10:30 am - 12:30 pm, 161 Fitzpatrick Hall

 

PETROLOGY LAB - RESOURCES

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 1

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 2

OPTICAL MINERALOGY REVIEW - LECTURE 3

LINKS TO VIRTUAL PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPES: Macquarie University ; Virtual Microscope Collections