Undergraduate Catalog

PGEG 331 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

The course provides an overview of igneous and metamorphic rocks as a background for discussing their origin and distribution in relation to plate tectonics. Students learn about igneous melt generation, evolution, and crystallization; mid-ocean ridge and subduction zone igneous processes; and metamorphic processes and occurrences. In the Petrology Laboratory, students learn to describe and classify different types of rocks in both hand specimens and thin sections.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PGEG 210

Offered

Fall