GLY 514 - Advanced Metamorphic Petrology

Course Description: Principles and methodology underlying the study of metamorphism and metamorphic facies in varying rock compositions, and petrotectonic settings. Topics include metamorphic phase equilibria and diagrams, geothermobarometry and P-T—time paths, metamorphic mineral crystallization and recrystallization, and textural relationships in metamorphic rocks having variable protoliths and histories. Two lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Field trip(s).

Credit Hours: 3

Corequisite Courses: None
Prerequisite Courses: None
Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: Optical mineralogy, petrology, structural geology, or permission of instructor.
Course Repeatability: Course may not be repeated

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

Equivalent Courses: None
Undergraduate Crosslisting: None
Additional Course Fees: None
Course Attribute: None

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