Geol 2312: Petrology
Course syllabus.
Lecture notes
Slide shows
Listed below are a series of slide presentations that show igneous and metamorphic occurrences in the field and in thin section. These will be updated periodically, so be sure to check every once in a while! The files are in QuickTime format, so you will need to have QuickTime available on your computer to view within your web browser.
Once you open the link, use arrow keys or mouse clicks to advance the slides. It takes a bit of time for some of the big files to load, so you'll have best luck viewing them on a campus terminal or with a high-speed internet link on your personal computer.
- Intrusive rocks
- Volcanic rocks
- Brittle deformation features
- Brittle deformation features (BIG)
- Ductile deformation features
- Ductile deformation
features (BIG)
Petrology links (thanks to Jane
Selverstone and John Winter)
Resources to accompany
John Winter's petrology textbook - Whitman College
Athena
Mineralogy - everything you ever wanted to know about minerals...
Atlas
of igneous and metamorphic rocks and textures in thin section -
Univ. of North Carolina
Minerals
under the microscope - University of Bristol
Petrographic
Workshop - interactive petrography database from UCLA
Metamorphic
minerals in thin section - Kurt Hollocher, Union College
Igneous
minerals in thin section - Kurt Hollocher, Union College
EarthRef - a gateway to useful
geochemical and petrologic databases and tools, including GERM, PetDB,
GEOROC, etc.
Geochemistry of igneous rocks -
summaries by rock type and setting, from Bernie Gunn