EOSC 221 · Introductory Petrology
Learning Goals
Students should be able to:
- Describe the modal mineralogy and texture of a rock in a hand specimen,
- Use fundamental petrographic observations to identify minerals and rock textures in thin section,
- Classify (assign complete names to) rocks, using published schemes employed by professionals,
- Describe rock-forming processes,
- Evaluate the petrogenesis of rocks and rock associations in a plate tectonic context.
Instructors
Instructors: Maya Kopylova and Stuart Sutherland