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Syllabus

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Course Description


In this course, principles of thermodynamics are used to infer the physical conditions of formation and modification of igneous and metamorphic rocks. The course includes phase equilibria of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems and thermodynamic modeling of non-ideal crystalline solutions. It also surveys the processes that lead to the formation of metamorphic and igneous rocks in the major tectonic environments in the Earth's crust and mantle.



Recommended Texts


Greenwood, H. J., ed. "Mineralogical Association of Canada - Short Course in the Application of Thermodynamics to Petrology and Ore Deposits." Mineral Assoc Canada, 1977.

Amazon logo Wood, B. J., and D. G. Fraser. Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780198599265.

Amazon logo Fraser, D. G., ed. Thermodynamics in Geology. New York, NY: Springer; 1 edition., 1977. ISBN: 9789027707949.

Amazon logo Spear, F. S. "Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths." In Monograph. Washington, DC: Mineralogical Society of America, 1994. ISBN: 9780939950348.

Ricci, J. E. The Phase Rule and Heterogeneous Equilibrium. Temecula, CA: Textbook Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0758110553.

Amazon logo Morse, S. A. Basalts and Phase Diagrams. New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 1980. ISBN: 9780387904771.

Amazon logo Ehlers, E. G. The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman & Co., 1972. ISBN: 9780716702542.



Other Useful Texts


Amazon logo Prewitt, C. T., ed. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 7, Pyroxenes. Washington, DC: Mineralogical Society of America, 1980. ISBN: 9780939950072.

Amazon logo Kieffer, S. W., and A. Navrotsky, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 14, Microscopic to Macroscopic. Washington, DC: Mineralogical Society of America, 1985. ISBN: 9780939950188.

Carmichael, I. S. E., and H. P. Eugster, eds. Thermodynamic Modeling of Geologic Materials: Minerals, Fluids and Melts 17 (1987).

Amazon logo Nicholls, J., and J. K. Russell, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 24, Modern Methods of Igneous Petrology. Washington, DC: Mineralogical Society of America, 1991. ISBN: 9780939950294.



Calendar



LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
Part I: Solution properties of silicate minerals
1Ideal solutions
2Non-ideal solutions
3-4Alkali and plagioclase feldspars solution models
5

Introduction to pyroxene thermometry

Diopside - Enstatite

6Thermodynamic properties of multi-site mineral solutions - Homogeneous equilibria
7Pyroxene thermometry II, the quad
8-9Spinels, rhombohedral oxides and T-ƒO2 relationsProblem set 1 due
Part II: Heterogeneous equilibria in geologic systems
10Heterogeneous equilibria in two - and three-component systems
11Liquidus diagrams - Liquidus boundaries
12Liquidus diagrams - Degeneracies and natural examples
13Liquidus diagrams - Thermodynamic controls on boundaries
14Schreinemaker's analysis - Multi-component systems
15Choosing components - Representations of composition space
16Heterogeneous reactions - The Gibbs method
17Solution models for silicate melts-simple systems
18Solution models for silicate melts-multicomponent systemsProblem set 2 due
19Thermodynamic models of multicomponent systems - MELTS
20Mixed volatile equilibria P-T-XCO2-XH2O

 








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