GEOS3464 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrography

GEOS 3464 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrography (4 semester hours) Introduction to the petrographic microscope and its use for study of igneous and metamorphic minerals and rocks. Identification and classification of volcanic and plutonic igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks and their identification in thin sections. Introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrogenesis. Prerequisites: GEOS 1303 and GEOS 1103 and GEOS 1304 and GEOS 1104 and GEOS 2409. (3-3) Y