GEOE523 METAMORPHIC PETROGENESIS
Course Code: |
5640523 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
Geological Engineering |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. MEHMET CEMAL GÖNCÜOÐLU |
Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Advanced study of metamorphic minerals and rocks, supported by field studies, detailed study of petrography and petrochemistry of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic Facies concept and its general application to global tectonics. Petrogenesis of contact, dynamic, regional and burial metamorphism. Metasomatism. Distribution of metamorphic rocks in Turkey: Detailed study of an area and/or association of metamorphic rocks.