Laboratories consist of studying rocks in thin section using a petrographic microscope. Two lectures, one lab weekly. Geochemical, isotopic, and geophysical interpretation of igneous processes. The laboratory consists of petrographic examination of rocks in thin section and computer modeling of igneous phenomena. Two lectures, one laboratory weekly.
Topics vary depending on student interest.
Past topics include magma generation, thermal and transport properties of magmas, hotspots and mantle dynamics, subduction zone volcanism, volatiles in magmas, and eruption mechanisms.