Required field trips. Two lecture and three laboratory hours each week. GLY 310 . A survey of the major igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock groups. Emphasis is on classification, textural features, mode of occurrence, environments of origin and economic importance.
Laboratory stresses rock identification and typical rock associations.
Required field trips. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week. GLY 311 . Theories of genesis of the major igneous and metamorphic rocks in the light of chemistry, mineralogy, structure and texture, field associations and experimental data. The relationship between igneous and metamorphic processes and crust-mantle tectonic activity.