Course Detail
Units:
4.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: (GEO 3020 AND (MATH 1220 OR MATH 1320)) OR Instructor Consent.
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.