Petrology I
General data
Course ID: | 1300-OTRW2L1 |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
07.302
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Course title: | Petrology I |
Name in Polish: | Petrologia I |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Geology |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Short description: |
(in Polish) Przedmiot pokazuje genezę skał, najważniejszych ich typów (magmowych, metamorficznych, osadowych) poprzez procesy prowadzące do ich powstawania. Określa ich skład fazowy i geochemiczny, teksturę, możliwe środowiska ich powstawania. Ma on ścisłe powiązania z geodynamiką, geologią strukturalna (w szczególności tektoniką płyt), sedymentologią (w szczególności z analizą basenów sedymentacyjnych), geochemia procesów magmowych i metamorficznych, termodynamiką petrogenetyczną, szeroko pojęta mineralogią. |
Full description: |
The lectures concentrate on many aspects of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock formation and evolution e.g on their petrogenesis. At first magma generation process is presented and correlated with tectonic regimes (ocean and continental rifts, subduction, hot spot). Mantle heterogeneity (mineralogical, geochemical, isotopic), being main source for magma generation, is introduced. Afterwards the lectures show processes of magma migration, storage, crystallization leading to appearance of various forms of igneous rock bodies and to compositionally different plutonic and volcanic rocks. Essential role play geochemical indicators, which can help to recognize the tectonic setting of igneous activity and the evolution of formed there magmas. Similarly, the problems of petrogenesis of sedimentary rocks comprise processes of their formation (sedimentary environments; diastrofic cycles), and transformation, diagenesis undergoing under diversified physico-chemical conditions. The lectures include knowledge about low-temperature mineral crystallization and re-crystallization processes. Petrogenesis of metamorphic rocks is related to different tectonic regimes, where various factors like temperature or/and pressure act in different way with different intensity. Metamorphic reactions and metamorphic facies are shown. Those reactions and facies are reflected and could be recognize with use of mineral/rock texture and composition. Also the possibility of protolith determination with use of geochemical factors is introduced. For every rock group chemical and modal classifications is given. |
Bibliography: |
(in Polish) HIBBARD, M. J. 1995. Petrography to petrogenesis. Prentice Hall; Englewood Cliffs-New Jersey. BEST M. G., 2003: Igneous and metamorphic petrology. 2nd edition. Blackwell Publishing, 729 pp. |
Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Student pojawiając się w terenie i badając formacje skalne powinien potrafić: – zanalizować proces prowadzący do powstania skały – rozpoznać wszystkie typy skał, – wyjaśnić ich ewolucję. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) Student otrzymuje bank pytań (złożony z kilkuset pytań i zadań do rozwiązania), jako pomoc do samooceny swojej wiedzy i jej weryfikacji; przedmiot kończy egzamin testowy. |
Practical placement: |
(in Polish) brak |
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