Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Metamorfik Mineraller ve Dokular
	English	Metamorphic Minerals&Textures
Course Code	JDM 517E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	1
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gültekin Topuz
Course Objectives		The main objective of this course is to introduce metamorphic minerals and textures. On the basis pf the metamorphic minerarals and textures, the intensive parameters during the metamorphism will be constrained. The intensive parameters will help to constrain the geodynamic setting of metamorphism.
Course Description		Metamorphic rocks are the most common rock type on Earth, and their study allows us to put constraints on the pressure, stress and temperature conditions in the crust and mantle, and on the bulk composition in these environments. Metamorphism affects rocks in three ways; it changes their mineralogy, it changes their shape, and it can change their composition. In this course we will look at the processes behind metamorphism, the description and classification of metamorphic rocks, and how to extract information from metamorphic rocks and minerals to determine the conditions under which they formed.
Course Outcomes
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Polarizing microscopes
Other
Textbook		Bucher K., Grapes R. 2011. Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks. Springer Verlag, 440 pp., ISBN: 978-3-540-74168-8.
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