Oceanic Petrology SS 2001

Syllabus for Oceanic Petrology, SS 2001

Monday 14 May, 2001

Time	Title
9:00 – 10:30	Introduction to oceanic geoscience.
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:30	Shape of the ocean floor, maps, data sources.
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Introduction to thermodynamics

Tuesday 15 May, 2001

9:00 – 10:30	Rocks, Minerals and review of phase diagrams
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:30	Classical mantle melting and parametric methods
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Introduction to pMelts and Melts

Wednesday 16 May, 2001

9:00 – 10:30	Basalt evolution I: Liquid lines of descent
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:30	Basalt evolution II: Gabbros and other cumulates
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Thin sections of gabbro and peridotite Rm 350 (Uni)

Thursday 17 May, 2001

9:00 – 10:30	Oceanic geochemistry and mantle evolution (Guest lecture Dr. E. Hellebrand)
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:30	Introduction to ophiolites (Guest lecture A. Büchl).
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00	Introduction to geochemical databases.
Ab 18:00	Party

Friday 18 May, 2001

9:00 – 10:30	Tectonics and petrology – a 4D view of oceanic crust and mantle structure
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:30	Petrology of the Arctic ocean

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