Petrology: Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
How magmas form and crystallize and how rocks change under heat and pressure, read from textures, minerals and phase diagrams.
EASC-202 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Earth Sciences
Course content
- 1Classifying igneous rocksComing
- 2Magma generation in the mantle and crustComing
- 3Phase diagrams and crystallization of magmaComing
- 4Magmatic differentiation and assimilationComing
- 5Volcanic rocks and eruptive stylesComing
- 6Plutonic rocks and the emplacement of intrusionsComing
- 7Igneous rocks and plate tectonic settingsComing
- 8Metamorphic agents and texturesComing
- 9Metamorphic facies and index mineralsComing
- 10Pressure–temperature paths and geothermobarometryComing
- 11Metamorphism and plate tectonicsComing
- 12Capstone: interpreting a rock suite from an orogenic beltComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How magmas form and crystallize and how rocks change under heat and pressure, read from textures, minerals and phase diagrams.
Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 2.