EOSC 321: Laboratory Schedule 2018
Location: EOSC Main Room 201
Lab Times: Mondays 15.00-18.00, Thursdays 14.00-17.00
and Fridays 14:00-17:00
Teaching Assistants: Monday Lab: Head TA Ehsan Salmabadi esalmabadi@gmail.com
Thursday
Lab: Dylan Cone dcone@eoas.ubc.ca
Friday
Lab: Sofya
Niyazova sniyazova@eoas.ubc.ca
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Week
1 |
No Lab - Public Holiday |
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Week
2 |
Review of optical
properties of minerals and ultramafic rocks |
Reference
materials to be used throughout the course |
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Week
3 |
Test on
ultramafic plutonic rocks. Mafic and
Intermediate Plutonic Rocks |
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3 |
Week
4 |
Test on mafic and
intermediate plutonic rocks.
Modal and normative
compositions of felsic and intermediate rocks |
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4 |
Week
5 |
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Week
6 |
No Lab - Public Holiday |
Pairs lab homework assignment due next
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6 |
Week
7 |
Test on mafic
volcanic rocks. Conoscopy.
Felsic Plutonic Rocks |
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Week
8 |
Test on felsic plutonic rocks. Intermediate and Felsic Volcanic Rocks |
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Week
9 |
Test on
intermediate and felsic volcanic rocks. |
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Week
10 |
Test on alkaline rocks. |
Distribution of
samples for Group Lab projects on Tectonic Setting and Igneous Rock
Associations |
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10 |
Week
11 |
No Lab - Public Holiday |
Work
in groups on the project |
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11 |
Week
12 |
Test on kimberlites.
Free time with TA
to work on Project thin sections and to prepare for exam |
Review
all course thin sections with your TA |
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Week
13 |
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