GS 856: Topics in Metamorphic Petrology

Syllabus​

Geothermometry and geobarometry in metamorphic rocks. Phase equilibrium studies. Extraction of thermodynamic data for minerals. Internally consistent datasets. Mixing models for non-ideal solid solutions. Multi-site solutions, site geometries and ordering. Phase separation in solutions. First- and second-order phase transformations. Kinetics of metamorphic reactions. Geospeedometry. Algebraic calculations for projective analysis. Schreinemakers analysis and petrogenetic grid. Construction of P-T, T-X, and P-X diagrams. Pseudobinary sections. Equilibria involving a multicomponent fluid phase. Buffering and infiltration. Characterisation of fluid composition through mineral equilibria.

Texts/References

  • Kretz, R. Metamorphic crystallisation, Wiley, 1994
  • Anderson, G. M. and Crear, D. A. Thermodynamics in geochemistry: The equilibrium model, Oxford, 1995
  • Putnis, A. Introduction to Mineral Sciences, Cambridge, 1992
  • Fery, J. M. (Ed) Characterisation of metamorphism through mineral equilibria, MSA Volume 10, 1986
  • Nordstrom, D.K. and Munoz, J.L. Geochemical thermodynamics, Benjamin/Cummings, 1985
  • Saxena, S. K. (Ed) Kinetics and equilibrium in mineral reactions, Springer,1983