SUBJECT
Title
Petrographic analysis
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Texture and structure of volcanic and metamorphic rocks; textural and optical characterization of rock-forming and accessory minerals; petrographic features of ultramafic rocks; petrographic features of mafic igneous rocks; petrographic features of intermediate igneous rocks; petrographic features of felsic igneous rocks; petrographic features of pyroclastic rocks; from petrography to petrogenesis: interpretation of igneous rocks based on combined textural and geochemical analysis; petrography of low pT metamorphic rocks; petrography of gneisses and granulites; petrography of eclogites; petrography of sedimentary rocks
Readings
- Vernon, R. H. (2004): A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 606 p.
- Blatt, H., Tracy, R. J. (2005): Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. 3rd edition. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 530 p.
- Raymond, L. A. (2007): Petrology. The study of Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks. 2nd edition, Waveland Press, Long Grove, IL, 736 p.
- Best, M. G. (2002): Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Blackwell, Malden MA, 752 p.
- Tucker, M. E. (2001): Sedimentary Petrology: An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, 3rd Edition. Blackwell, Malden MA, 272 p.