GEOS 4120 - Petrography

(4 credits)

Prerequisites: GEOS 2000 or permission of instructor.

Examines igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are examined both in hand specimen and in thin section. The student learns to recognize component minerals and other important characteristics and to apply principles of rock classification and identification. Three lecture, two laboratory sessions per week.

Honors students will collect and prepare a sequence of rocks, to be mutually agreed on by both the student and the instructor, which can be added to the Geology teaching collection. The project will include collection and description of rock hand samples, preparation of thin-sections, and a written report of both.

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