GS 818: Metamorphic Phase Equilibria

Syllabus​

Algebraic calculations for projective analysis of minerals, Schreinemakers analysis, Ultra-high temperature metamorphism and melting reactions, ultra-high pressure metamorphism, supersilicic minerals, Geothermometry and geobarometry, Characterisation of fluid composition through mineral equilibria. Inferring sequences of mineral assemblages, porphyroblast-matirx relations. Tectonothermal history of metamorphic terranes, construction and interpretation of metamorphic P-T-t paths, Kinetics of metamorphic reactions, diffusion controlled reaction and interface controlled reaction, geospeedometry.

Texts/References

  • Bucher, K. and Frey, M., Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks, Springer, 2002
  • Vernon, R.H. and Clarke, G.L., Principles of Metamorphic Petrology, Cambridge, 2008. Yardley, B.W.D., Metamorphic Petrology, Longman, 1989
  • Stuwe, K., Geodynamics of the Lithosphere, Springer, 2007
  • Spear, F.S., Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths, MSA Monograph, 1993
  • Fery, J. M. (Ed.), Characterisation of Metamorphism Through Mineral Equilibria, MSA, Volume 10, 1986