Tatara San Pedro, Chile

Rocks and Minerals Geological Sciences 320 - Fall Quarter 2009

Lecture: M, W, Th 9:00-9:50 a.m. in Lind 104
Lab: M, W 2:00-4:50 p.m. in Lind 102
Text: Petrology by Blatt, Tracy and Owens
Secondary Text: Rocks and Minerals by Prinz, Harlow, and Peters
Instructors: Dr. Wendy A. Bohrson, Dr. Chris Mattinson
Office: Bohrson: Lind 101A, Mattinson: Lind 114
email: bohrson@geology.cwu.edu;
email: mattinson@geology.cwu.edu;
Telephone: Bohrson: 963-2835, Mattinson: 963-1628
Office hours: Bohrson: W 1-2 PM or by appointment, Mattinson: Monday 10-noon or by appointment

Course Description:

Rocks and Minerals will provide information regarding the textures, mineralogy, origins, and occurrences of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Specifically, we will learn about (1) the most common rock-forming minerals, (2) classification systems, (3) occurrences and types of common igneous and metamorphic rocks, (4) rocks textures and their origins, (5) physiochemical principles that govern formation of both types of rocks, (6) origins of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the context of plate tectonics.

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