GS 434: Igneous Petrology and Volcanology
Syllabus
Magmas and volcanoes; volcanism on Earth, Moon, and the terrestrial planets; mechanisms of partial melting and magma generation in the Earth; chemical compositions and physical properties of magmas; role of volatiles in magmas and volcanic eruptions; volcanic hazards; magma evolution by differentiation; Mg Number and other geochemical parameters; fractional crystallization and liquid lines of descent; lever rule; the AFM and TAS diagrams; mineral-liquid equilibrium; fractional and batch melting; nomenclature and classification of igneous rocks; magma series; major volcanoes, volcanic eruptions and magmatic provinces of the Earth; related numericals.
Texts/References
- Best, M. G. Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, 2nd Edn., Blackwell, 2003
- Cox, K. G., Bell, J. D. and Pankhurst, R. J. The Interpretation of Igneous Rocks. Unwin Hyman, 1979
- Hall, A. Igneous Petrology, 2nd Edn., Longman, 1996
- McBirney, A. R. Igneous Petrology, 3rd Edn., Jones & Bartlett, 2006
- Middlemost, E. A. K. Magmas and Magmatic Rocks. Longman, 1985
- Parfitt, E. and Wilson, L. Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
- 2nd Ed., Winter, J. D. Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Prentice-Hall India,2010