GEO 505 - Experimental Petrology Laboratory

The course is designed to give the student experience in some or all of the following techniques of experimental petrology: evacuated silica-glass tube experiments, one-atmosphere quenching experiments (with and without controlled atmospheres), 1- to 5- kbar hydrothermal systems (using oxygen buffers where necessary), gas-media experiments up to 7 kbar, and solid-media, piston-cylinder experiments. Requirements: Completion of a project involving several of the above techniques; written report

1 credit

Grading Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

Offered Spring alternate years