Course Description
Principles of thermodynamics are used to infer the physical conditions of formation and modification of igneous and metamorphic rocks. It includes phase equilibria of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems and thermodynamic modelling of non-ideal crystalline solutions. It also surveys the processes that lead to the formation of metamorphic and igneous rocks in the major tectonic environments in the Earth's crust and mantle.
Topics
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Ideal Solutions
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Non-ideal Solutions
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Alkali and Plagioclase Feldspars Solution Models
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Introduction to Pyroxene Thermometry
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Thermodynamic Properties of Multi-site Mineral Solutions - Homogeneous Equilibria
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Pyroxene Thermometry II, The Quad
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Spinels, Rhombohedral Oxides and T-ƒO2 Relations
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Heterogeneous Equilibria in Two- and Three- Component Systems
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Liquidus Diagrams
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Schreinemaker's Analysis - Multi-component Systems
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Choosing Components - Representations of Composition Space
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Heterogeneous Reactions - The Gibbs Method
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Solution Models for Silicate Melts - Simple Systems
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Solution Models for Silicate Melts - Multi-component Systems
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Thermodynamic Models of Multicomponent Systems - Melts
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Mixed Volatile Equilibria P-T-XCO2-XH2O
Recommended Texts
Mineral Assoc. Canada. "Mineralogical Association of Canada - Short Course in the Application of Thermodynamics to Petrology and Ore Deposits." Edited by H. J. Greenwood. 1977.
Wood, B. J. and D. G. Fraser. Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1977. ISBN: 0198599269.
Fraser, D. G., ed. Thermodynamics in Geology. Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1976. ISBN: 9027707944.
Spear, F. S. "Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths." In Monograph. Mineral. Soc. Amer., 1993.
Ricci, J. E. The Phase Rule and Heterogeneous Equilibrium.Temecula: Textbook Publishers, 2003. ISBN: 0758110553.
Morse, S. A. Basalts and Phase Diagrams. New York: Springer Verlag, 1980. ISBN: 0387904778.
Ehlers, E. G. The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co., 1972. ISBN: 0716702541.
Other Useful Texts
Prewitt, C. T., ed. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 7, Pyroxenes. Washington: Mineralogical Society of America, 1980. ISBN: 0939950073.
Kieffer, S. W., and A. Navrotsky, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 14, Microscopic to Macroscopic. Washington: Mineralogical Society of America, 1985. ISBN: 0939950189.
Carmichael, I. S. E., and H. P. Eugster, eds. Thermodynamic Modeling of Geologic Materials: Minerals, Fluids and Melts 17 (1987).
Nicholls, J., and J. K. Russell, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy. Vol. 24, Modern Methods of Igneous Petrology. Washington: Mineralogical Society of America, 1990. ISBN: 0939950294.