Petrology

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