Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES HANDOUTS
Rock Forming Minerals (RFM)
1 RFM I: Olivine and Spinel PDF
2 RFM II: Feldspars PDF
3 RFM III: Pyroxenes PDF
4 RFM IV: Pyriboles PDF
Thermodynamics
5 1-Energy Functions-E-S-V and G-T-P-X Phase Diagrams (PDF)
6 P-T-X Phase Diagrams

Gibbs Phase Rule

PDF 1

PDF 2

7 2-Exchange Reactions and Equilibrium Constants

 

8 3-Earth's Outer Mantle - Phase Relations and Variation with Tectonic Setting

PDF

Structure of the Earth (PDF)
Petrology
9 Mantle Rock Types and Processes

Pyroxene Thermobarometry
10 Serpentine Stability - Recycling of Mantle

Origin of Mantle Rocks - Igneous vs. Metamorphic Processes
PDF
11 4-Melting and Crystallization Processes

T-X-X Phase Diagrams (3 Components) Freezing/Melting in Crust and Mantle
PDF Ternary Systems (PDF)
12 5-Basalts, Komatiites Rock Series Mantle Melting Processes PDF Basalts (PDF)
13 Mid-term
14 6-Phase Equilibria: Silicate + H2O

Magma Generation in Subduction Zones
PDF Melting with H2O (PDF)
15 7-Granitic Rocks and Crustal Magmatic Processes PDF Magmatic Processes (PDF)
16 Continental Crustal Igneous Rocks PDF
17 The Major Types of Sedimentary Rocks

Distribution of Sediments on the Earth's Surface
PDF Sedimentary Protoliths (PDF)
18 Metamorphic Petrology 1 - Metamorphic Processes, Contact, Regional, T and P Variations PDF
19 Metamorphic Petrology 2 - Metamorphic Facies

Heat Flow and Heat Production in Crust
PDF
20 Metamorphic Petrology 3 - Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks Minerals and Isograds
21 Metamorphic Petrology 4 - Pelites - The AKFM System Continuous and Discontinuous Reactions PDF
22 Metamorphic Petrology 5 - Metamorphism of Mafic Rocks, Metamorphism PDF
23 Greenschists, Blueschists and Eclogites
24 Metamorphic Petrology 6 - Metamorphism of calc-silicates PDF