Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.109 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Petrology 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Timothy Grove 
• Course Introduction:
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  12.109 Petrology
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features lecture notes and laboratory exercises.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This undergraduate petrology course surveys the distribution, chemical composition, and mineral associations in rocks of the earth's crust and upper mantle, and establishes its relation to tectonic environment. The emphasis of the course is on the use of chemistry and physics to interpret rock forming processes.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .xls.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.