12.486 Advanced Igneous Petrology Fall 2009 Syllabus

I. Rock-forming minerals: crystal chemistry, phase diagrams
Sept. 14
Sept. 16
Sept. 18
 1- Olivine and Pyroxene
2- Feldspar
3- Sheet Silicates and Amphiboles
 Lab 1. pyx & oliv

Lab 2. feldspars
II. Survey of terrestrial igneous rocks and associated tectonic settings
Sept. 21
 4-Igneous Rock Classification schemes
III. Basalts and crystallization and melting processes
Sept. 23
Oct. 5, 7
Oct. 9, 13
Oct. 15
 5- Fractional crystallization 1, simple systems
6, 7- Fractional crystallization 2, natural systems
8, 9- Mantle melting - phase equilibrium controls
10- Mantle melting and MORB
 Lab 4. MORB
IV. Island Arcs and Continental Arcs
Oct. 23
Oct. 26
Oct. 28
Oct. 30
Nov. 2
Nov. 4
Nov. 6
 11- Compositional variations in arc magmas
12- Effects of H2O on melting
13- Arcs - recent papers
14- Subduction zones - Mantle melting
15- Effects of crustal assimilation
16- Granites I, Phase relations
17- Granites II Compostional variations
 Lab 4. MORB



Lab 5. magma mixing, crustal contamination
V. CFBs, OIBs and undersaturated rocks
Nov. 9
Nov. 12
Nov. 13
 18- Compositions & distributions of undersaturated basalts
19- Phase equilibrium controls on mantle source regions
20- Fractional crystallization and undersat. rock series

Lab 6. Basalts II
VI. Early earth magmas
Nov. 16
Nov. 20
 21- Komatiites I rock compositions & phase relations
22- Komatiites II - deep earth melting ?

VII. Layered intrusions
Nov. 24
 23- Bushveld, Skaergaard and Stillwater
VIII. Planetary magmas
Dec. 2
Dec. 4
Dec. 7
Dec. 9
 24- The lunar highlands
25- Lunar mare basalts
26- Mars
27- Meteorite Parent Bodies
 Lab 7. Lunar samples