Geology 425/525 Advanced Metamorphic Petrology
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Geology 425/525, Advanced Metamorphic Petrology, aims to both broaden and deepen the student's knowledge and understanding of metamorphic rocks and processes. Classical petrology, petrographic observations, metamorphic processes and textures, and the modern tools of metamorphic petrologists will be areas of focus. Specific other foci will be decided by the participants.
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Times & Locations
Lectures and labs will be mingled during the course sessions, TR 10-11:50 pm.
People
Instructor: David Hirsch
- Office hours: MWF 11-12 or by appointment in ES439/ES110.
- Office phone: 650-2166
- email: hirschd@cc.wwu.edu
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Teaching Fellow: none
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Texts
- Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and P-T-t Paths, Frank Spear. This will be supplemented by handouts and web readings.
Online resources
This document is available online, as are many others revelant to the course (listed below, in part). You can get to the course's home page by a number of routes, the easiest of which is probably http://www.davehirsch.com. The page is also linked from the "Courses Online" section of the Geology Department's site (http://geology.wwu.edu), and also from the (largely empty) BlackBoard site, available to students registered in the course through MyWestern.
- The tentative schedule of labs and lectures is available.
Lab
Some of our labs will be examining metamorphic rocks and minerals (primarily in thin section), but many will focus on computer programs, which are an important tool of the modern petrologist. You should be comfortable working on both Macintosh and Windows, and have a good understanding of Excel.
Graded Assignments
See Schedule.
Field Trip
We will spend a weekend examining metamorphic rocks across the Cascade range. We will leave early on Saturday, October 8, and return the afternoon of Sunday, October 9. More information will be forthcoming.
Grades
See Schedule.
Other Important Notes
- Group work
- There will be a number of occassions for group work, and group activities. Furthermore, I encourage you to form study groups, discuss questions about the material, and quiz each other on lab and lecture topics. There may even be some group assignments, where a group grade is assigned for work completed. However, you must do your own work on exams and on most assignments. If it is ever unclear what collaboration is acceptable on an assignment, ask your professor!
- Anyone caught cheating on an exam or turning in work that is not his or her own will be dealt with in accordance with the General Catalog's Appendix D - Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedure. If you're not familiar with this section, you may want to review it.
- Special exam conditions
- If you have a condition verified by the Office of Student Life that requires non-standard exam conditions, you must notify me at least one week before the exam in question. I would prefer notification as soon as possible, preferably within the first two weeks of class.
David M. Hirsch
Modified on Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 12:42 PM
