GEOLOGY 285 - INTRODUCTORY PETROLOGY
SPRING 2002
| LECTURE SCHEDULE | Slideshow | Outline | Reading in Blatt&Tracy | |
| Jan. 14-18 | Introduction, Classification of Igneous Rocks | SlideShow | Outline | p. 1-22, p. 61-80 |
| Jan. 23-25 | Basalts of Hawaii | SlideShow | Outline | p. 22-32 |
| Jan. 28-Feb.1 | Basalts and Phase Diagrams Generation of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts (MORBs) | SlideShow | Outline | p. 81-93, p. 151-162 |
| Feb. 4-8 | Layered Mafic Intrusions - Skaergaard (crystal fractionation, more phase diagrams) | SlideShow | Outline | p. 119-132 |
| Feb. 11-15 | Subduction-related Andesitic Volcanoes - The Cascades | SlideShow | Outline (no outline) |
p.101-117 |
| Feb. 18 | MIDTERM #1 | |||
| Feb. 20-22 | Field Characteristics,
Basalts & Granites Generation of Andesites |
SlideShow | (no outline) | p. 169-185 |
| Feb.25-Mar.1 | Sedimentary Rocks - Occurrence & Plate tectonic settings | SlideShow | Outline | p. 215-230 |
| Mar. 4-8 | Weathering and Mudrocks Sedimentary Structures |
SlideShow | Outline | p. 231-239, p. 281-293 |
| Mar. 11-15 | Sandstones and conglomerates | SlideShow | Outline | p. 241-264 |
| Mar. 18-22 | Limestones, Classification and Dolomitization | SlideShow | Outline | p. 295-324 |
| SPRING BREAK | ||||
| Apr. 1-3 | Metamorphic Rocks, Introduction, Regional and Contact Metamorphism | SlideShow | Outline | p. 351-374 |
| Apr. 5 | MIDTERM #2 | |||
| Apr. 8-12 | Metamorphic Facies | SlideShow | Outline | p. 375-427 |
| Apr. 13-14 | FIELD TRIP - BALTIMORE AREA | SlideShow | Outline | |
| Apr. 15-19 | Metamorphism of Mafic Rocks | SlideShow | Outline | p. 429-448 |
| Apr. 22-26 | Metamorphism of Shales (Pelitic Rocks) | SlideShow | Outline | p. 449-468 |
| Apr.29-May3 | Metamorphism of Limestones | p. 469-488 | ||
| May 6 | MONDAY, 8AM - 10AM FINAL EXAM | |||
