Principles of optical crystallography and their application in the identification of rock-forming minerals, mostly the silicates, with the polarizing microscope. Lectures cover an overview of igneous and metamorphic petrology. Trace element distribution and isotopes as petrogenetic tracers in the evaluation of the crust-mantle system are also covered in the lectures. Laboratories are devoted to description, identification, and significance of mineral assemblages in these rocks as observed in hand specimens and under the petrographic microscope. Petrographic analysis of clastic and carbonate rocks.
Emphasis is on tectonic influences on sandstone composition and diagenesis.
An introduction to the principles of geochemistry. The middle portion of the course deals with high-temperature processes and crystallization. The last part of the course covers low-temperature processes including weathering, sediment diagenesis, and element cycling through the lithosphere. This course provides a comprehensive review of modern marine geology with an emphasis on the deep sea. Areas identified by the Joint Oceanographics Institution as high research priorities are discussed, including new techniques used to study such problems.