Geology 425/525 Course Schedule

Subject to revision during the quarter!

Not shown: Field trip 10/13 - 10/14

Week Number Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday
1     Sep 26 Sep 28
Lecture 1: Administrative stuff, Metamorphism Basics Lecture 2: Metamorphism Basics
Read: Ch. 1 Read: Ch. 1
2 Oct 01 Oct 02 Oct 03 Oct 05
Lecture 3: Facies & Met. Minerals: Crystal Chemistry Lab 1: Mineral Formulas & Met. Textures Lecture 4: Chemographics & Phase Equilibria: Reactions Lecture 5: Phase Equilibria
Read: Ch. 4 Read: None Read: TE Website: Chemographics, Phase Rule, Reactions Read: TE Website: Reactions, Phase Diagrams
3 Oct 08 Oct 09 Oct 10 Oct 12
Lecture 6: Phase Equilibria Lab 2: Pelites in TS Lecture 7: Metapelites Lecture 8: Metapelites
Read: TE Website: Phase Diagrams Read: Ch. 10 Read: Ch. 10 Read: Ch. 10
4 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 19
Lecture 9: Metapelites Lab 3: Mafics in TS Lecture 10: Metamafics Lecture 11: Metamafics
Read: Ch. 10 Read: Ch. 11 Read: Ch. 11 Read: Ch. 11
5 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 26
Lecture 12: Metamafics Lab 4: CS & UM in TS Lecture 13: Calc-silicates & volatiles Lecture 14: Calc-silicates & volatiles
Read: Ch. 11 Read: Ch. 12 Read: Ch. 12 Read: Ch. 12
6 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Nov 02
Lecture 15: Calc-silicates & volatiles Lab 5: Lab Exam Lecture 16: Experimental Petrology Lecture 17: Midterm Exam
Read: Ch. 12 Read: TE Website: Experimental Petrology, Exp. Pet. Machines
7 Nov 05 Nov 06 Nov 07 Nov 09
Lecture 18: Clausius-Clapeyron Lab 6: Mineral Analysis & Activities Lecture 19: Schreinemaker's Analysis Lecture 20: Activity-Composition Relationships
Read: TE Website: Clapeyron Equation Read: p.101-105, Ch. 7, TE Site: Recalculation, Activity Models Read: TE Website: Schreinemakers Read: Ch. 7, TE Website: Activity Models
8 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 16
Holiday: Veteran's Day Lab 7: Thermobarometry Lecture 22: Geothermobarometry Lecture 23: Geothermobarometry
Read: Ch. 15 Read: TE Site: Thermodynamics, Classical Thermobarometry, Ch. 15 Read: TE Site: Thermodynamics, Classical Thermobarometry, Ch. 15
9 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 23
Lecture 24: Geothermobarometry Lab 8: Perple_X & pseudosection analysis Holiday: Thanksgiving
Read: TE Site: Thermodynamics, Classical Thermobarometry, Ch. 15 Read: Perplex assignment
10 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 30
Lecture 25: Pseudosection Modeling Lab 9: Perple_X & pseudosection analysis Lecture 26: Pseudosection Modeling Lecture 27: Pseudosection Modeling
Read: TE Site: What are pseudosections, Perplex Read: Perplex assignment Read: TE Site: What are pseudosections, Perplex Read: TE Site: What are pseudosections, Perplex
11 Dec 03 Dec 04 Dec 05 Dec 07
Lecture 30: Project Presentations Lab 10: Project presentations Lecture 31: Project Presentations Lecture 32: Project Presentations
Read: N/A Read: None Read: N/A Read: N/A

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David M. Hirsch
Modified on Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 2:29 PM