GEOL 5100
Seminar on the Geology, Petrology, and Mineralization of the Mafic Layered Intrusions, with special reference to the Duluth Complex
GEOL 5100 - Weekly Class Topics
Date Topic Assignment
1/21 Terminology, Nomenclature and Classification of MLI Irvine, 1982
Miller et al., 2002
1/28 Lithostratigraphy and Petrology of MLI Wager & Brown, 1968
or McBirney, 1997
McCallum, 2003
2/4 Geochemistry of MLI Hunter & Sparks, 1987
Comment & Reply, 1990
Thy et al., 2009
2/11 No Class
2/18 Petrography of the Skaergaard Intrusion Petrography Rpt I
2/25 Petrography of the Bushveld Complex Petrography Rpt II
3/4 Cu-Ni-PGE Mineralization of MLI Naldrett, 2010
3/11 Tectonomagmatic Evolution of the Midcontinent Rift Vervoort et al., 2007
Nicholson et al., 1997
3/18 Spring Break
3/25 Geology of the Duluth Complex and Related Intrusions Miller & Green, 2002
Miller & Severson, 2002a
4/1 Cu-Ni-PGE Mineralization of the Duluth Complex and Related Intrusions Miller & Severson, 2002b
4/8 Petrography of the Sonju Lake Intrusion Petrography Rpt III
4/15 Petrography of the Layered Series at Duluth Petrography Rpt IV
4/22 Intrusion Reports
4/29 Intrusion Reports
5/7-5/8 Duluth Complex field trip