COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY IN METAMORPHISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 6002 GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY IN METAMORPHISM ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OSMAN CANDAN

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

The main topic of the course is the identification of the formation pressure and temperature conditions of metamorphic and igneous rocks. To fullfill this aim, the first stage is to introduce fundamental petrological and thermodynamic terms. As the second stage, calibration formulas and applications by several researchers are introduced.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding of the fundamental thermodynamic principles used in geothermobarometric calculations
2   Identification of fundamental metamorphic reactions used in geothermobarometric calculations
3   Understanding of fundamental problems experienced in geothermobarometric applications.
4   Understanding of fundamentals of the geothermometric calculations based on exchange reactions
5   Geothermometric calculations based on net transfer reactions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Metamorphism, constraints, types and factors
2 Mineral assemblages and equilibrium
3 Metamorphic facies
4 Fundamental thermodynamic principles used in geothermobarometric calculations
5 Fundamental metamorphic reactions used in geothermobarometric calculations
6 Fundamental problems experienced in geothermobarometric applications
7 Geothermometric calculations based on exchange reactions
8 Geothermometric calculations based on exchange reactions
9 Midterm Exam
10 Clinopyroxene-garnet geothermometer
11 Orthopyroxene-garnet and biotite-garnet geothermometers
12 Phengit-garnet, garnet-hornblend and plagioclase-hornblend geothermometers
13 Phengit-garnet, garnet-hornblend and plagioclase-hornblend geothermometers
14 Clinopyroxene-quartz-albite geothermometer

Recomended or Required Reading

Spear F ve Peacock S (1989), Metamorfik pressure temperature time paths. Short
course in geology. Volume 7, 101s.

Will T (1999), Phase equilibria in metamorphic rocks. Lecture notes in Earth sciences.
Springer, 315 s.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical Lectures and Applications-problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

osman.candan@deu.edu.tr
232 3017314

Office Hours

Pazartesi 10.00 - 12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11355
LO.25
LO.35
LO.4533
LO.555