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Course Name
Turkish Magmatik ve Metamorfik Kayaçlar Petrografisi
English Magm. & Metamor. Rocks Petrog.
Course Code
JEO 214E Credit Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester 4
3 2 - 2
Course Language English
Course Coordinator Mehmet Keskin
Course Objectives Igneous rocks comprise almost the whole of the Earth's crust and mantle, while metamorphic rocks make up most of the continental crust. In addition, metasomatism is an important process in the evolution of the lithospheric mantle. Hence, magmatic and metamorphic rocks are of great importance to earth scientists. The aim of this course is to teach the second year students the classification, occurrence, composition, origin, and evolution of rocks formed from magmatic and metamorphic processes from mantle depths to the Earth’s surface. The course specifically focuses on the description and classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks and their origin and distribution in the lithosphere and mantle.
Course Description For earth scientists and specifically for Geological Engineers, a basic knowledge of petrograpy of the magmatic (igneous) & metamorphic rocks is of crucial importance because it can provide them with vital information about nomenclature and classification of various magmatic and metamorphic rocks, basic terminology and a number of other important issues e.g. understanding the origin of minerals and rocks, tectonic setting in which they occur and their geological evolution.
Course Outcomes The rocks and their building blocks minerals are the basic materials making up the Earth's crust and mantle from the surface down to the core-mantle boundary at ~2900 km. So, they form and exist under very diverse conditions and may contain important information about these conditions. A basic petrographic knowledge of the igneous & metamorphic rocks is necessary for earth scientists and specifically for geological engineers because only it can provide them with vital information about nomenclature and rock classification, basic terminology and a number of other important issues e.g. understanding their origin, tectonic setting in which they occur and their geological evolution. Hence, petrographic knowledge and terminology that will be covered in this course are used in every discipline of earth sciences.
Pre-requisite(s)
Required Facilities Petrography laboratory, polarized microscopes, thin sections.
Other
Textbook Winter, J.D. (2014). Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Second Edition, Pearson Education Limited, 737 P. ISBN 10: 1-292-02153-5.

Le Maitre, R.W. (2002). Igneous Rocks: A Classification and Glossary Terms, 2nd Edition, Cambridge Univ. Press, 236 p.

MacKenzie, W.S., Donaldson, C.H. and Guilford, C. (1982). Atlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Textures, Longman Scientific & Technical. ISBN 0 582 02641 5.
Other References Frost, B.R. and Frost, C.D. (2014). Essentials of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Cambridge University Press, 303 P. ISBN: 978-1-107-02754-1.
Hirose, K. (2010). The Earth’s missing ingredient, Scientific American, pp. 76-83. June 2010.
Gautam, S. (2014). Petrology: Principles and Practice, Springer, 368 P. ISBN 978-3-642-38800-2.
Philpotts, A.R. (2003). Petrography of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, 179 P. ISBN 0 13 662313 1.
 
 
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