Preliminary Lecture Schedule (i.e. subject to change)
 

Date	Subject	Lecture Readings	Home work	Lab
August 24th	Course Introduction
August 26th	The Phase Rule	pp.84-85	HW1
August 31st	Binary systems with a eutectic	pp. 85-89		Rock Classification and Description
September 2nd	Binary systems with solid solution	pp. 91-93
September 7th	Binary systems with a peritectic	pp. 89-91		Modes and Norms
September 9th	Ternary systems with a eutectic
September 14th	Ternary systems with solid solution			Optical Mineralogy Review 1
September 16th	Ternary systems with a peritectic
September 21st*	Exam I			Optical Mineralogy Review 2
September 23rd*	To be annouced
September 28th*	"In the Path of a Killer volcano"
September 30th*	Dave Ryckman "Missouri's Kimberlites"
October 5th	Petrology of the mantle	Ch-7 pp.137-150		Optical Mineralogy Review 3
October 7th	Generation of basaltic magma	Ch-5 pp. 110-113, 116-117
October 12th	Crystallization of basaltic magma	Ch-6 pp.119-123		Mantle Xenoliths / Basaltic Rocks
October 14th	Crystallization of basaltic magma
October 19th	Layered mafic igneous complexes	Ch-6 pp. 123-136		Layered Mafic Complexes
October 21st	Layered mafic igneous complexes	Ch-10 pp. 195-196
October 22nd -24th	Field Trip "Wichita Mountains Igneous Province"
October 26th	Geochemical analysis of comagmatic suites	Ch-3 pp. 62-66, 76-79.		Layered Mafic Complexes
October 28th	Liquid Line-of-Descent
November 2nd	Graphical analysis of crystallization			Variation Diagrams
November 4th	Trace element constraints on crystallization models
November 9th	Oceanic Lithosphere and Ophiolites	Ch-8 pp. 151-162; Ch-9 177-180		Intermediate Rocks
November 11th	Magma genesis at convergent margins	Ch-9 pp. 169-190.
November 16th	Exam II Study Concepts			I- and S-type Granites
November 18th	Igneous related economic deposits (Dr. Hagni)
November 23rd	Magma genesis at convergent margins			No Lab
November 25th	Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30th	Generation of Granitic Magma			A-type Granites and Rhyolites
December 2nd	Magma emplacement
December 7th	Forms of intrusions			Lab Final
December 9th	Last Class "Catch-up day"
December 16th	Final Exam

*I will be presenting a paper at the 5th International Hutton Symposium on "The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks"