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Instructor(s)
Prof. Timothy Grove
MIT Course Number
12.490
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Highlights
This course features lab exercises and a complete reading list.
Course Description
Advanced Igneous Petrology covers the history of and recent developments in the study of igneous rocks. Students review the chemistry and structure of igneous rock-forming minerals and proceed to study how these minerals occur and interact in igneous rocks. The course focuses on igneous processes and how we have learned about them through studying a number of significant sites worldwide.