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Course Name	Turkish	Magmatik Kayalar petrografisi
	English	Petrography of Magmatic Rocks
Course Code	JEO 204E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	4	2	1	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Mehmet Keskin
Course Objectives		Rocks and their building blocks, minerals, are found ~2900 km from the surface. igneous rocks make up almost all of the Earth's crust and mantle. We obtain a significant portion of the raw materials from these rocks to which we owe our civilization. Therefore, igneous rocks are of great importance to earth scientists. This course aims to teach second-year students the classification, formation, composition, origin, and evolution of rocks formed by igneous processes from the depths of the mantle to the Earth's surface. In particular, the course focuses on the identification and classification of igneous rocks and their origin and distribution in the mantle, lithosphere, and Earth's surface. igneous rocks are the basic materials that make up the Earth's crust and mantle up to the core-mantle boundary. As such, they form and exist under a wide variety of conditions and can contain important information about these conditions. Basic petrographic knowledge of igneous rocks is essential for geoscientists, and especially for geological engineers because only this knowledge can provide them with vital information about nomenclature and rock classification, basic terminology, and some other important topics, such as understanding their origin, the tectonic setting in which they formed, and their geologic evolution. Thus, the petrographic knowledge and terminology that will be covered in this course are used in every discipline of the earth sciences.
Course Description		Basic knowledge of the petrography of igneous rocks is very important for geoscientists and especially for Geological Engineers as it can provide vital information about the nomenclature and classification of various igneous rocks, basic terminology, and some other important topics such as understanding the origin of minerals and rocks, the tectonic environment in which they formed and their geological evolution, which the course covers.
Course Outcomes		The rocks and minerals form and exist under diverse conditions and may contain important information about these conditions. Basic petrographic knowledge of the igneous 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 some other important issues e.g., understanding their origin, tectonic setting in which they occur and their geological evolution. Hence, petrographic knowledge and terminology covered in this course are used in every discipline of earth sciences.
Pre-requisite(s)		JEO 242 MIN DD or JEO 242E MIN DD
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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