Courses Handbook 2010

312248 (v.1) Igneous Petrology 202


Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Description, classification and interpretation of igneous rocks. Primary magma formation and emplacement of magmas as intrusions and lavas. Processes in magma chambers and mechanisms of magmatic differentiation. Igneous rocks in hand-specimen and thin-section. The Earth’s mantle. Magma genesis in relation to tectonic setting. Interpretation of igneous rocks through the use of phase diagrams.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010703 Geology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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