Legacy Course Catalog
EAS 543 - Advanced Petrology
Effectivity: | 05/19/2003 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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Credits: | 3 |
Instructional Types: | Lec |
Usually Offered: | fal spr |
Short Title: | Advanced Petrology |
Description: | Application of the methods of chemical thermodynamics to the analysis of the paragenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Topics include the thermodynamics of minerals of common geological interest, characterization of the conditions of formation from the analysis of element partition and reactions between minerals and silicate melts, and mechanisms and rates of crustal and mantle processes inferred from the analysis of chemical gradients, reaction structures, and other records of chemical disequilibrium. |
School: | School Of Science |
Department: | Dept Of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences |
Credit By Exam: | NO |
Repeatable Flag: | NO |
Temporary Flag: | NO |
Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
Honors Flag: | NO |
Registration Approval Type: | Instructor |
Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.