PETROLOGY & TECTONICS

Course Code

GL 3514

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Dr M J Hole

Pre-requisites

GL 2013, Gl 3023, GL 3024 (or with permission of course co-ordinator / Head of School).

Notes

Only available to students at Level 3 of a Geoscience School Programme.

Overview

This course builds on GL 1503 and GL 2012 and aims to introduce the students to integration of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology with the other branches of Geology/Geoscience. It covers:

1. The relationship between magmatism and plate tectonics


2. The fundamentals of melt production from the asthenosphere and lithosphere


3. The phase equilibria of, and processes governing, fractional crystallisation


4. The relationship between magmatism and sedimentary basin formation


5. Aspects of regional and thermal metamorphism and the control of "basement" geology on magmatism.

Structure

2 one-hour lectures per week, 1 three-house practical/self directed learning session per week and 2 two-hour computing sessions.

Assessment

1st Attempt: Examination (60%); in-course assessment (40%).

Resit: Examination (60%); in-course assessment carried forward.