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EOSC 321: Preliminary Lecture Syllabus 2011

Location: EOS-Main 121

Lecture Times: Tues & Thurs 11-12 AM

Teaching Assistants: Yvette Beausoleil and Christine Miller (Room 301)

 

Date

Topic

Lecturer

Reading: Chapters in Winter 2001 or 2010

Additional material for studies

1

Week 1-1

Imagine Day

 

 

 

2

Week 1-2

 Introduction  

M. Kopylova

 

 

3

Week 2-1

 Igneous Petrology: Review and Significance

 

M. Kopylova

2, 4, 8.4

 

4

Week 2-2

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 1. Rock classification and rock norm

 

M. Kopylova

2, Appendix

List of minerals to memorize for the class

5

Week 3-1

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 2. Interpretation of fabric. Crystallization behavior of melts

 

M. Kopylova

3, 6.2

 List of minerals to memorize for the class

6

Week 3-2

 Binary Systems

M. Kopylova

 6.4.1-6.4.2

 

7

Week 4-1

 Binary Peritectic Systems

M. Kopylova

 6.5.3

 

8

Week 4-2

 Ternary Systems I

M. Kopylova

 7.1.1

 

9

Week 5-1

 Ternary Systems II

M. Kopylova

 7.1.1

Home problem set – due 13 Oct

10

Week 5-2

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 3. Zoning and other applications of phase diagrams

 

M. Kopylova

 3.1.3, 6.5.4

 List of minerals to memorize for the class

11

Week 6-1

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 4. Mantle petrology

 

M. Kopylova

 10.1

 List of minerals to memorize for the class

12

Week 6-2

 Melting

 

M. Kopylova

7.4-7.5, 10.2

 

13

Week 7-1

 Interpretation of major and trace element chemistry

 

M. Kopylova

 8.5, 9.5, 9.6

 

14

Week 7-2

 Batch Melting. Tholeiitic and Alkaline magmatism

 

M. Kopylova

 9.2.1

 

15

Week 8-1

 

 Mid-term exam is on October 25

M. Kopylova

 

 

16

Week 8-2

Rare Earth Elements

 

M. Kopylova

 9.3

 

17

Week 9-1

Isotopes

 

M. Kopylova

 9.7.2

 Download template for tectonomagmatic cheat sheet

 

18

Week 9-2

Mineral Formulae Quiz 5.

Review of Mid Term Exam

MOR Magmatism

 

M. Kopylova

13

 List of minerals to memorize for the class

19

Week 10-1

 Ocean Island Basalts.

 

 M. Kopylova

 14

 

20

Week 10-2

  Island Arc Magmatism

 

 M. Kopylova

 16

 

21

Week 11-1

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 6.  Kimberlites

 

 E. Smith

 19.3

  List of minerals to memorize for the class

22

Week 11-2

 Granites and pegmatites

 E. Barnes

 18

 

23

Week 12-1

 Mineral Formulae Quiz 7.

Continental Arcs

M. Kopylova

 17

 List of minerals to memorize for the class

24

Week 12-2

 Large Igneous Provinces. Continental rifts. Carbonatites

M. Kopylova

 15, 19

 

25

Week 13-1

 Student presentations on Lab projects

 

 

 

26

Week 13-2

 Student presentations on Lab projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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