GY310 IGNEOUS PETROLOGY
Block 2 - Tentative Syllabus
Professor - Jeff Noblett - x6516
DATE TOPIC READINGS____
M Sept 29 AM: Rock Classification: IUGS Review: silicate mineralogy (M: 96-123),
PM: Silicate Minerals in Igneous Rocks (Optics) principles of optics
Due Thurs - 9 AM Group Work: Know the 3 paths through
the 3 binary phase diagrams (before Tues AM)
Tu Sept 30 AM: Ternary Phase Diagrams M: Ch 3
PAPER: Muskox (Due Mon 9 AM) rec: Ernst Ch 1, 4
PM: Silicate Minerals (cont’d)
W Oct 1 AM: Shonkin Sag Project: Magmatic Processes Shonkin Sag research
PM: Silicate Minerals (cont’d)
Th Oct 2 AM: Magmatic Processes: Fractionation, Magma M: p. 123-130; Ch. 5; p. 243-245;
Mixing, Assimilation, Textures rec: Carmichael p. 1-26, 60-69
PM: Igneous Rock Classification: Group Projects
(Due Fri Oct 10, 9 AM)
F Oct 3 AM: Magmatic Processes: Trace Elements, Volatiles ... M: (cont’d)
PM: Rocks (cont’d)
*You should have a final project selected and a bibliography
prepared for it
M Oct 6 FIELD TRIP: 8:00 AM - Wet Mountains magmatic processes
(Muskox Paper due 8 AM)
Tu Oct 7 AM: Tholeiitic Trends: Skaergard and Point Sal Ophiolite Project
PM: Complete AM project; Rocks (cont’d)
W Oct 8 AM: Hawaii Project: Distinguishing basalts in
thin section and chemistry
PM: Rocks (cont’d)
Th Oct 9 AM: Hawaii Project completed
F Oct 10 AM: Basalt Genesis: Mineralogy, chemistry and occurrence M: Ch 7; 8; p. 432-435
Initial Rock Classification Due
M Oct 13 AM: Palisades Sill Project; Started on Friday!
Tu Oct 14 AM: Andesites: Products of Subduction M: Ch 9
PM: Group discussions
W Oct 15 AM: FIELD TRIP: 8:00 AM - Pikes Peak Batholith -
Granitic Plutonism
Th Oct 16 AM: Work on Pikes Peak Rocks
F Oct 17 AM: Granites: mineralogy, chemistry and alphabet M: Ch 10
classification
PM: Presentation of Igneous Rock Classification
M Oct 20 AM: Granite genesis, pegmatites GSA - SALT LAKE CITY
Tu Oct 21 LAB EXAM
W Oct 22 FINAL PROJECTS DUE