Metamorphic Phase Equilibria (GS 818)
| Course Name | Metamorphic Phase Equilibria |
| Course ID | GS 818 |
| Description | About the course |
| 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. |
| References | Bucher, K. and Frey, M., Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks, Springer, 2002 |