Course Detail
Units:
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Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: (GEO 2100, CHEM 1210, AND MATH 1220) OR Instructor Consent. Recommended Co-requisites: CHEM 1220 AND GEO 3100.
Description
Mineralogy, chemistry, texture, origin (petrogenesis) and evolution of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Relationships of magmatism and metamorphism to plate tectonics. Roles of magmatism and metamorphism in the evolution of the Earth’s lithosphere, oceans and atmosphere. Two lectures, one lab weekly.