Petrology Lecture Notes Online
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Introductory Material
Introduction
Rock Names
IUGS Igneous Rock Classification
Using the Camera Scales
Norms
Norm Calculations
Gram Formula Weights
Sample Spreadsheet
Diopside-Hypersthene Sample Spreadsheet
Phase Diagrams
Composition Axes
Binary Phase Diagrams
Some_Binary_Diagrams
The Lever Rule
G-X vs T-X Diagrams
Triangular Graph Paper
Ternary Phase Diagrams
Halide Isothermal Sections
Phase Diagram Implications
Granite System:
Liquidus Diagram at 1 atmosphere
Isothermal Section at 1040°C
Isothermal Section at 1200°C
Igneous Geochemistry
Trace Elements
Equations for Radioactive Decay
Metamorphism
Metamorphism Introduction
Some Mineral Stabilities During Metamorphism
Geologic Pressures
A Steady-State Geothermal Gradient
ACF Metamorphic Facies
CMS Assemblages
CMS Reactions
AFM Diagrams
Frank Spear's paper on animated AFM diagrams
More Coming Soon......