EESC2120 - Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
Term
2024A
Subject area
EESC
Section number only
001
Section ID
EESC2120001
Course number integer
2120
Meeting times
W 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Meeting location
HAYD 360
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Reto Giere
Description
This course will provide an overview of systematic mineralogy as well as petrology of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. It will include weekly microscopy sessions, during which each student will learn how to identify minerals in the polarizing microscope and then apply this knowledge to the description of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
Course number only
2120
Use local description
No