Course Detail
Units:
4.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: GEO 1100 OR GEO 1110 AND GEO 2100 AND MATH 1220 AND GEO 3020 OR Instructor Consent.
Recommended Pre/co-requisites: CHEM 1220, and GEO 3100 (includes PHYS 2210, or PHYS 2010 for ESCT major).
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.