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GEOL 330 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

4 Credit Hours
Study of the properties of crystalline rocks, the processes that produce them, and the tectonic environments in which they form. Topics include interpretation of rock textures, phase diagrams, geochemical and isotopic compositions, magma generation and differentiation, effects of temperature, pressure, and fluids on mineral equilibria and kinetics.

Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.



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