GEOL 5310
Advanced Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Syllabus (pfd)
Research Project (pdf)
Instructors: Dr. John Goodge Dr. Jim Miller
Office Hours: Tues 9-10, Wed 11-12, or by appt. Mon and Wed 3-5, or by appt.
Office: 223 Heller Hall 211 Heller Hall
Phone: 726-8486 726-6582
E-mail: jgoodge@d.umn.edu mille066@umn.edu
Class Meeting Time/Location:
Lecture: 12:00 - 1:50 PM, Monday, Chem 207
Lab: 12:00-1:50 PM, Wednesday, Heller Hall 118
Lecture and Lab Schedule (subject to change)
WK
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TOPIC | LECTURE | LAB | READINGS* | ||
1 |
Introduction | Sep 7 | NO CLASS | Sep 9 | Introduction; Review of optical mineralogy (pwrpt) (lab exercise) | W 21 (+22) Spear Ch.4 |
2 |
Chemographic relations | Sep 14 | Intro to Metamophism; Phase rule; chemograhic plots; P-T & T-X diagrams; (Lec1A, Lec 1B) | Sep 16 | Mineral & textural change (Penokean suite) | W 6.1-6.3 & 24 W 23 (lab) |
3 |
Metamorphism of pelitic sediments | Sep 21 | Metapelite phase equilibria; pseudosections (Lec2A, Lec 2B) |
Sep 23 | Mineral and textural change (Penokean suite ± Fe-formations) | W 28 |
4 |
Thermodynamics in petrology | Sep 28 | Thermo overview; Gibbs free energy; Clapeyron equation (Lec3) |
Sep 30 | Antarctic suite: pelites | W 5 (+6) |
5 |
Metamorphic reactions | Oct 5 | Types of reactions; balancing; |
Oct 7 | Antarctic suite: metabasites | W 26 |
6 |
Thermobarometry | Oct 12 | Reaction equilibria; activity models; classical P-T (Lec5A, Lec5B) |
Oct 14 | Thermobarometry modeling | W 27 |
7 |
High Pressure Metamorphism | Oct 19 | Exam 1 (take-home) |
Oct 21 | High-P metamorphic rocks |
W 25 |
8 |
Magmatic phase equilibria | Oct 26 | Phase diagrams (ppt) Exam 1 due |
Oct 31 | Local Field Trip (pdf) |
W 6 & 7 |
9 |
Geochemistry of igneous rocks | Nov 2 | Geochemistry of igneous rocks, modelling trace elements (ppt) | Nov 4 | Plotting and interpreting geochemical data (pdf, txt) Research topic statement due |
W 8 & 9 |
10 |
Generation of mafic magma | Nov 9 | Mantle melting, Generation of MORB and OIB (ppt) | Nov 11 |
Hawaii, Iceland, Columbia R Basalts (Exercise; petrog form; glossary, Ig Txt ppt) | W 10, 13 (14) |
11 |
Generation of felsic magma | Nov 16 | Arc magmatism, Origin of granite (ppt) | Nov 18 |
Japan Arc Volcanics, Sierra Nevada Batholith (Exercise) |
W 16 & 17 |
12 |
Magma diversity | Nov 23 | AFC modelling using MELTS and mass balance BRING LAPTOPS TO CLASS | Nov 25 | Bushveld Complex Sonju Lake Intrusion |
W 11 |
13 |
Skaergaard: Crucible of Controversy | Nov 30 | Crystallization & differentiation of the Skaergaard Intrusion Exam 2 (take-home) |
Dec 2 | Skaergaard Intrusion | W12 & Assigned Reading |
14 |
Geochemical tools (bring your laptops) | Dec 7 | Microbeam techniques Exam 2 (due) |
Dec 9 | Microbeam lab (EDS, EBSD, CL) Research project summary due |
SERC website |
15 |
Research projects | Dec 18 | Research Paper due 5 pm | |||
Finals Week |
Dec 21 | Oral Presentations of Research Projects 4-6PM |
Useful Links
J. Winter Petrology Website (Whitman College)
Atlas of igneous and metamorphic rocks and textures in thin section (University of North Carolina)
Petrographic Workshop (UCLA interactive workshop)
Athena Mineralogy (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Minerals under the microscope - University of Bristol
Geochemistry of igneous rocks (Bernie Gunn)
Geochemical Earth Reference Model (GERM) (geochemical database)
GEOROC(geochemical database, Max Plank Institute)
Mineralogical Society of America
SERC website on analytical tools in geology (Carleton College)
SERC website on phase equilibria (Carleton College)
GTB (Geothermobarometry) programs (F. Spear)
MELTS igneous phase equilibria software (M. Ghiorso)
PELE (variant of MELTS) & other programs (A. Boudreau)
Perplex thermodynamic software (A. Thompson)
ThermoCalc thermodynamic software (Holland & Powell)
TWQ phase equilibrium software (R. Berman)