12.109 Petrology, Fall 2005
The texture of intergrown feldspar and quartz granite known as "graphic granite" has often been compared to cuneiform writing. (Image courtesy of MIT OCW.)
課程重點
This course features lecture notes and laboratory exercises.
課程描述
This undergraduate petrology course surveys the distribution, chemical composition, and mineral associations in rocks of the earth's crust and upper mantle, and establishes its relation to tectonic environment. The emphasis of the course is on the use of chemistry and physics to interpret rock forming processes.
技術需求
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .xls.
