COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED MAGMATIC PETROGRAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5102 ADVANCED MAGMATIC PETROGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CÜNEYT AKAL

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

The examination and discussion of rock-forming silicate minerals baseb on their optical properties. Chemistry and mineralogy of the relationships between the main igneous rock groups. Normative mineralogy calculation methods. Evaluation of igneous rocks using their rock and mineral chemisty. Interpretation of the igneuos rocks using diagrams.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The ability to identify igneous rock types, based on the chemical and mineralogical characteristics
2   Determination of igneous rock-forming minerals under the polarizing microscope
3   Identification of igneous rock bodies and their magmatic structures
4   Crystallization history of the magma, using petrographic and mineralogical properties
5   Textural properties of minerals and their relationship with magma crystalization
6   Renaming minerals using using their chemical analyzes
7   Interpretation of pressure and temperature of the igneous rocks using mineral and whole rock geochemistry
8   Interpretation of magmatic enviroment using the textural, mineralogical and chemical data of minerals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geochemistry of igneous rocks
2 Igneous rock forming minerals
3 Igneous-rock crystallization
4 Plate Tectonic and crystalization of igneous-rocks
5 Ultrabasic igneous-rocks Textural and mineralogical properties
6 Basic igneous-rocks Textural and mineralogical properties
7 Asidic igneous-rocks Textural and mineralogical properties
8 Potassic -Ultrapotassic igneous-rocks Textural and mineralogical properties
9 midterm presentation
10 olivine group Physical and chemical properties
11 Pyroxene group Physical and chemical properties
12 Amphibole group Physical and chemical properties
13 Mica group Physical and chemical properties
14 Feldspar - Feldspatoid group Physical and chemical properties

Recomended or Required Reading

William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, J. Zussman (1992) An introduction to the rock-forming minerals. Longman Scientific & Technical, 696 pp

W. S. MacKenzie, A. E. Adams (1994) A color atlas of rocks and minerals in thin section. J. Wiley, 192 pp

W. S. MacKenzie, C. H. Donaldson, C. Guilford (1982) Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures. J. Wiley, 148 pp

Malcolm J. Hibbard (1995) Petrography to petrogenesis. Prentice Hall, 587 pp

Robin Gill ( 2011) Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 440 pp.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures are given by both microscope applications and presentations. In tutorial students study with polarized microscope. Microprobe data of the characteristic minerals such as pyroxene and olivine evaluate using MS excell software.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In exams the problems will be solved by using polarized microscobe and computure.

Assessment Criteria

In exams the problems will be solved by using polarized microscobe and computure.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Cüneyt AKAL
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü 35160
Tınaztepe-Buca/Izmir
Office Tel: 232 3017325
GSM: 538 2946609
e-mail: cuneyt.akal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Case study 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing the laboratory notebook 13 1 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3
LO.42
LO.5231
LO.65242
LO.7555452
LO.855455331