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Note that this schedule may be altered during the quarter.
| Week Number | Monday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 1 | 9/27/06 | 9/28/06 | 9/29/06 | |
| Lecture 1: Organization and Introduction - Structure of the Earth | Lab 1: Review of Minerals, Igneous Textures & Classification | Lecture 2: Plate tectonic perspective | ||
| Read: Chapter 1 | Read: TBA | Read: course web page | ||
| 2 | 10/2/06 | 10/4/06 | 10/5/06 | 10/6/06 |
| Lecture 3: Physical properties of magmas | Lecture 4: Modal/chemical classification of rocks, magma series Homework 1 handed out |
Lab 2: Mantle Rocks and Layered Intrusions | Lecture 5: Phase Diagrams - The phase rule, unary & binary syst. | |
| Read: p.46-48; hndts. | Read: Chp 2; p. 46-51, Chp. 8.1-8.4, 8.7 | Read: TBA | Read: Chp 6; p. 75-77 | |
| 3 | 10/9/06 | 10/11/06 | 10/12/06 | 10/13/06 |
| Lecture 6: Phase Diagrams - eutectics, peritectics Homework 2 handed out |
Lecture 7: Phase Diagrams - solid solutions, ternary diagrams | Lab 3: Volcanic suites – mafic to felsic | Lecture 8: Petrology of the mantle; mantle melting | |
| Read: Chp 6 | Read: Chp 7 (to p. 115) | Read: TBA | Read: Chp 10 (to p. 194) | |
| 4 | 10/16/06 | 10/18/06 | 10/19/06 | 10/20/06 |
| Lecture 9: Volcanic rocks; intro to magma differentiation | Lecture 10: Magma differentiation, layered intrusions | Lab 4: M&M Magma chamber | Lecture 11: Basalts: MORB, OIB, and CFBs (& other alphabet soup) | |
| Read: Chp 8 (not 8.6) | Read: Chp 11 (not 11.1); Chp 12 | Read: TBA | Read: Chp 13 (not 13.5); 14.1-14.3; Chp 15 (not 15.2.3-15.2.4) | |
| 5 | 10/23/06 | 10/25/06 | 10/26/06 | 10/27/06 |
| Lecture 12: Island arcs & continental arcs | Lecture 13: Granites & silicic volcanic rocks | Lab 5: Tuolumne intrusive suite & Bishop Tuff | Lecture 14: Catch-up / review day | |
| Read: Chp 16,17 (not 16.6, 16.7., 17.4.1) | Read: p. 146-147; 69-72; Chp 18, p. 56-59 | Read: TBA | Read: | |
| 6 | 10/30/06 | 11/1/06 | 11/2/06 | 11/3/06 |
| Lecture Exam 1 | Lecture 17: Introduction to metamorphism; metamorphic environments; P-T paths | Lab 6: Review of metamorphic minerals, metamorphic textures | Lab Exam 1 | |
| Read: Chapter 21 | Read: TBA | |||
| 7 | 11/6/06 | 11/8/06 | 11/9/06 | 11/10/06 |
| Lecture 18: Metamorphic textures | Lecture 19: Metamorphic Classification & Naming | Lab 7: Metabasites | HOLIDAY: Veteran's Day | |
| Read: TBA | Read: Handouts | Read: TBA | ||
| 8 | 11/13/06 | 11/15/06 | 11/16/06 | 11/17/06 |
| Lecture 21: Metamorphic reactions | Lecture 22: Metamorphic phase diagrams | Lab 8: Metapelites | Lecture 23: Metamorphic phase diagrams | |
| Read: Ch 25.1 | Read: Chapter 24 | Read: TBA | Read: Chapter 24 | |
| 9 | 11/20/06 | 11/22/06 | 11/23/06 | 11/24/06 |
| Lecture 24: Metamorphic reactions | Lecture 25: Metabasites; facies redux | HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving | ||
| Read: Chapter 26 | Read: Chapter 25 | |||
| 10 | 11/27/06 | 11/29/06 | 11/30/06 | 12/1/06 |
| Lecture 27: Metapelites: Barrovian and Buchan | Lecture 28: Metapelites: Barrovian and Buchan | Lab 9: Calc-silicates, marbles | Lecture 29: Metacarbonates, metaultramafics | |
| Read: Chapter 28 | Read: Chapter 28 | Read: TBA | Read: Chapter 29 | |
| 11 | 12/4/06 | 12/6/06 | 12/7/06 | 12/8/06 |
| Lecture 30: Geothermobarometry | Lecture 31: (catch-up day) | Lab 10: Ultramafics, quartzites, quartofeldspathics | Lecture 32: Geothermobarometry, wrap-up, evals | |
| Read: Chapter 29 | Read: TBA | Read: TBA | Read: Chapter 27 | |
| Finals | 12/11/06 | |||
| 10:30-12:30 Lab Exam 2, Lecture Exam 2 | ||||