GEOL474-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

This course will concentrate on the geochemical aspects of igneous petrology. At every stage we will be seeking to discover what magma chemistry can tell us about the nature of igneous processes and the relationships between igneous rocks. Following coverage of "core material" we will discuss particular igneous processes, the petrogenesis of certain rock suites and select some of the "hot topics" in igneous petrology.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Five Problem Sets 40% Five Problem Sets - due throughout the course (dates TBA)
Poster, abstract and 3-minute oral presentation 30% Due end of Term 1
Research report, peer review and revised version 30% Due through Term 2 (dates TBA)

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Deer, W. A. , Howie, R. A., Zussman, J; An introduction to the rock-forming minerals ; 2nd ed.; Longman Scientific & Technical ; Wiley, 1992.

Gill R; Modern Analytical Geochemistry ; Longman, 1997.

Rollinson, Hugh R.1949-; Using geochemical data : evaluation, presentation, interpretation ; Longman Scientific & Technical ; Copublished in the U.S. with J. Wiley & Sons, 1993.

Winter, John D.1948-; An introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology ; Prentice Hall, 2001.

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,145.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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