PETROGRAPHY AND PETROLOGY - Objectives

3P21 Objectives

OBJECTIVES

  1. Introduction and application of Phase chemistry to igneous rocks - relate the direct results of experimental work to the study of natural processes.

  2. Develop a working knowledge of common mineral associations in classes or groups of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Concentrated in Laboratories

  3. Introduction to igneous rock forming processes.

    4. An attempt to predict where igneous rocks originate and how they evolve by post melting processes = differentiation.

  4. Introduction to Metamorphic Rocks

    5. Classification, lithologic types