Petrography
GEOL 3235 : Introduction to Petrography

Dr. John C. Butler
Class Meets In Room 317 SR I
2:00-3:30 PM T/TH
Spring Semester, 2001
Office: Room 304 Science Research I
University of Houston

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Date Text Internet Assignments
1/16Introduction
A Framework For Petrography
Review - Mineralogy
Exercise 1 [due on 1/25/01]
1/18Introduction
Plate Tectonics
Lab 1 - Minerals
Review - Plate Tectonics
Dynamic Earth
[Download and Read!]
1/23Chapter 2 (33-39) Silicate Minerals
Crystal Chemistry
Exercise 2 [due on 2/6/00]
Mineralogy
1/25Chapter 11 - Sedimentary Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks -- An Overview
Lab 2a
Sedimentary Preview
Chemistry of the Earth
1/30Chapter 12 - Weathering and Soils
Weathering
Sedimentary Rocks
Exercise 3 [due on 2/15/01]
Folk's Manual
2/1Chapter 13 - Coarse Clastics
Sedimentary Rocks
Geologic Time
Ternary Diagrams
2/6Chapter 14 - Diagenesis
Clastics
Sandstones and Conglomerates
Hill Country of Central Texas Field Trip
2/8Chapter 15 - Mudrocks
Mudstones and Shales
Mudrocks
Lab - 2b
Exercise 4 [due on 2/22/00
2/13Chapter 16 - Carbonates
Carbonates
Intro to Carbonates
Sedimentary Structures
2/15Chapter 17 - Environments of Deposition
Carbonate Environments
Mohawk Valley Field Trip
Selected Slides from New Mexico Tech
2/20Chapter 17 - Environments of Deposition
Clastic Environments
2/22EXAMINATION 1
2/27Chapter 1 - IGNEOUS
Introduction to Igneous Rocks
Lab -3a
Exercise 5 [due on 3/8/01]
3/1Chapter 2 - Minerals and Textures
Igneous Preview
Intoduction to Igneous Rocks
Igneous Textures
3/6Chapter 3 - Classification and Chemistry
Classification
Global Volcanism
3/8Chapter 4 - Crystallization
Igneous Rocks

Exercise 6 [4/10/00]
3/20Chapter 4 - Crystallization
Classification and Nomenclature
Lab - 3b
Virtualy Climb Stromboli
3/22Chapter 5 - Origin of Magmas
Origin of Magmas
Big Bend Field Trip
3/27 Chapter 5 - Origin of Magmas
Phase Diagrams
Exercise 7 [4/17/01]
Images: [A][B]
3/29Chapter 6 - Evolution of Magmas
Magmatic Differentiation
Tectonic Plate Motion
4/5Chapter 7 - Petrology of the Mantle
4/10Chapter 8 - Oceanic Lithosphere
Petrology and Plate Tectonics
Exercise 8 [due on 4/22/99]
4/12Chapters 9 and 10
Hot Spots and Plumes
4/17EXAMINATION 2
4/19 Chapter 18 - METAMORPHISM
Introduction to Metamorphism
Lab - 4
Introduction to Metamorphism
Metamorphic Preview
Metamorphic Textures
4/24Chapter 19 Isograds and Facies
Metamorphic Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks
Types of Metamorphism
4/26Chapter 20 - Assemblages
Metamorphism
Field Trip To Ring Mountain

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