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12.490 Advanced Igneous Petrology | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Advanced Igneous Petrology covers the history of and recent developments in the study of igneous rocks. Students review the chemistry and structure of igneous rock-forming minerals and proceed to study how these minerals occur and interact in igneous rocks. The course focuses on igneous processes and how we have learned about them through studying a number of significant sites worldwide.... Show More

Keywords:: petrology, rock forming processes, Magma mixing, geochemistry, Stillwater layered igneous intrusion, Geophysics, Geology, igneous petrology, Geochemistry, rock forming minerals, Meteorites, dynamics of crust and mantle melting, Mid-ocean ridge basalts, MORB, earth's crust, upper mantle rocks, calc-alkaline plutonic rocks, tectonic environment, Komatiites, Undersaturated mafic magmas

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Author:: Grove, Timothy
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: Graduate School
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Language:: English
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