{"id":2,"date":"2012-08-17T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T20:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wray.eas.gatech.edu\/epmaterials2013\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2013-01-18T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:11:26","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wray.eas.gatech.edu\/epmaterials2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth and Planetary Materials 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

This course will cover both fundamental principles and applications of mineralogy and petrology for understanding the composition of surface and subsurface materials on Earth and other planetary bodies. Students will learn the chemical structures of important mineral classes, and how mineral assemblages and micro-textures record the conditions of rock formation and alteration. A range of laboratory techniques for measuring mineralogy and petrology will be introduced.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lectures:<\/strong>
\nMW 4:30-6:00 PM @ ES&T L1105<\/p>\n

Instructors:<\/strong>
\nYuanzhi Tang
\nES&T Room 1232, 404-894-3814
\nEmail: yuanzhi.tang@eas.gatech.edu
\nOffice hours: MW 10-11 AM, or by prior arrangement (email, please)<\/p>\n

James Wray
\nES&T Room 2234, 404-894-1992
\nEmail: jwray@gatech.edu
\nOffice hours: T 12:30-1:30, or by prior arrangement (email, please)<\/p>\n

Texts:<\/strong>
\n(K) Klein, C. Manual of Mineral Science, 23rd Edition, John Wiley, 2008 (22nd Ed. OK)
\n(W) Winter, J.D. An Introduction to Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology<\/p>\n

Course requirements:<\/strong>\"flickr-3195956703-hd-crocoite\"<\/a>
\nAttendance and Participation: 20% (If you miss 6 classes, you will not pass)
\nHomework + Quizzes: 40% (~6 in total)
\nExams (Midterm and Final Exam): 40% (20% each)<\/p>\n

Late policy:<\/strong>
\nAll material handed in late will be deducted 20% per day.<\/p>\n

Topics to be covered<\/strong> (tentative)
\nMineralogy<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u2022 Electronic structure and bonding in minerals, valence\/formal charge of ions
\n\u2022 Principles of crystal chemistry
\n\u2022 Close-packed anion arrays (CCP and HCP)
\n\u2022 Simple ionic structures AX, AX2; oxide minerals
\n\u2022 Native elements, sulfides
\n\u2022 Minerals of oxyanions: carbonates, sulfates, phosphates
\n\u2022 Classification of silicate minerals
\n\u2022 Symmetry: point symmetry, point groups
\n\u2022 Stereographic projection; crystallographic coordinate systems; planes, Miller indices; crystal forms
\n\u2022 Mineral surfaces\/aqueous interactions: adsorption, substitution, precipitation
\n\u2022 Analytical techniques (optical, chemical, structural)<\/p>\n

Petrology<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u2022 Phase diagrams: 1-component systems (SiO2, H2O)
\n\u2022 Phase diagrams: 2-component systems (solid solution, eutectic, peritectic)
\n\u2022 Phase diagrams: 3-component systems
\n\u2022 Classification of igneous rocks
\n\u2022 Bowen\u2019s reaction series; formation and identification of various igneous rocks
\n\u2022 Major and minor elements, normative mineralogy
\n\u2022 Trace elements
\n\u2022 Metamorphic processes and settings; classification and identification of metamorphic rocks
\n\u2022 Metamorphic facies; metamorphic reactions
\n\u2022 Low-temperature alteration assemblages; sedimentary rocks<\/p>\n

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