JDM 564E - Thermody.Backgro.of Petro.

Course Objectives

Phase rule, Schreinemaker rules, Thermodynamic Relations; Determination of the positions of the reaction in P-T, T-X and P-X diagrams; Standard states: Activity and Fugacity; Relationship between the composition and activity/fugacity; Geothermobarometry; determination of the equilibration conditions; Construction of model phase diagrams; Construction of the pseudosections

Course Description

Main purpose of the course is to teach principles of phase petrology to the master studendents with background in geology:
1. Determination of the positions of the mineral reaction in P-T, T-X and P-X diagrams
2. Construction of model phase diagrams
3. Constructions of pseudosections in metamorphic petrology