Laboratories emphasize major groups of invertebrate fossils, their classification and living analogues. GLG216H GLG299Y1 Research Opportunity Program Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. GLG318H1 Igneous Processes 26L, 39P Examination of the processes responsible for the diversity of igneous rocks. Emphasis is on the fundamental thermodynamics and kinetics of igneous systems and their role in crystallization, melting, and magmatic behaviour such as immiscibility, assimilation and mixing.
Laboratories focus on textures, mineralogy, composition and field relationships.
Methods include geological mapping, stratigraphic section measurement, use of compass-clinometers, note and sample taking and the application of computers in field geology. This is a summer session course and students must also register with the Department in the preceding term. Each student must pay the cost of transportation and accommodation. Fold mechanics and pluton emplacement. Application of modern structural methods in geotechnical engineering and economic geology.