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Course Name	Turkish	Petrog. of Magmatic Rocks
	English	Petrog. of Magmatic Rocks
Course Code	JEO 204E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	1	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Şafak Altunkaynak
Course Objectives		1. To understand origin and evaluation of the different kind of magmatic rocks and their physical, chemical and petrographical features. 2. To identificaty and classify different kind of magmatic rocks by using their mineralogical and petrographical properties. 3. To do simple tests and practice on the hand samples as well as with thin sections under the polarized microscope investigations to identify the different rocks.
Course Description		Magma, physical and chemical conditions of the magma, crystallization of magma, emplacement of magma, classification of the magmatic rocks, petrographic features of the different rock suites; an introduction to volcanology, volcano types, explosion types, mode of occurrence of the pyroclastic rocks, classification of the pyroclastic rocks.
Course Outcomes		1. Giving overview of geologic sciences topics and identification of minerals and rocks. 2. Teaching the student the basic principles and elements of petrography in magmatic processes in studying the earth. 3. Introduce the examination of magmatic rocks in field and writing related reports. 4. Develop student’s ability to describe the textures and understanding their origin and crystallization evolution of the rocks
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