Online Courses Handbook 2003

303241 (v.1) WASM Petrology 212

Area:	WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	6.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	10243 (v.2) WASM Petrology 212 or any previous version
Sedimentary petrology - transportation, deposition and diagnesis in relation to texture and structure in sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary environments. Principles of basin analysis. Metamorphic petrology - metamorphic minerals, equilibrium, phase rules, composition - assemblage diagrams pressures, temperatures, gradients and facies. Igneous petrology - classification schemes, processes and structures.

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