Patterns of igneous activity through geological time. Laboratory studies of classical and local igneous rock suites. Same as for Geol 3303. The mineralogical, textural, and structural characteristics of metamorphic rocks and the development of metamorphic facies. Contact and regional metamorphism, metasomatism, and anatexis are considered in detail.
Current ideas relating metamorphism and tectonic setting provide the framework.
Laboratory studies of classical and local metamorphic rock suites. Principles of stress and strain applied to brittle and ductile rock deformation. Practical work includes map interpretation, and graphic and computer techniques for analyzing structural data, and field studies of different types of deformed rocks. Physical aspects of water movement in geologic materials - both saturated and unsaturated. Groundwater resource mapping and exploitation.