PřF:G4021 Igneous petrology - Course Information
G4021 Igneous petrology
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jaromír Leichmann, Dr. rer. nat. (lecturer)
Petra Ludvová Hašková, DiS. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Jaromír Leichmann, Dr. rer. nat.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–13:50 G1,01004, Tue 14:00–14:50 G1,01004
- Prerequisites
- (PROGRAM(KOS)|| G3021k Petrography || G3021 Petrography ) && ( (!(PROGRAM(B-GE)||PROGRAM(N-GE)||PROGRAM(D-GE4)||PROGRAM(D-GE)||PROGRAM(C-CV))) || (NOW( G0101 Occupational healt and safety )&&NOW( C7777 Handling chemical substances )))
The course can be attended only after passing Petrology I. The knowledge of the subject matter is necessary for successful managing of related subjects of magister study. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 78 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 9/78, only registered: 0/78, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/78 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 32 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course aims to the genesis of the most important rock groups.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, students should be able to: understand problems of genesis of the most important groups of rocks.
- Syllabus
- Igneous rocks:
- Petrotectonic assemblages. Types of crust, continental and oceanic crust, origin of magmas, conditions of ascent and position of magmas, creation of rocks. Chemical restrictions, sources of primary magmas, ascent velocity in lithosphere. Experimental data -petrogenetic meaning of minerals, latice parameters and mineral colours as the source of information of the conditions of mineral creation in rocks, distribution of elements between coexisted minerals, gaseous-liquid inclusions, double-feldspar geothermometer, distribution of Mg, Fe and Ca, Al among the rock forming minerals. Trace elements of igneous rocks and their petrogenetic meaning. Contents of isotopes and the their interpretation.
- Basalts and ultramafic rocks. Types of basalts and their derivatives, basalt occurence: rift volcanism, volcanism of subduction zones, intra-plate volcanicm. Mineral composition, structures and chemical composition of basalts. Ultramafic igneous rocks. Rhyolites and andesites. Types and derivatives of rhyolites and andesites, occurence of rhyolites: hot spots, rifts, transform and tripple faults, volcanic arcs. Occurence of andesites and corresponding rocks. Mineral and chemical composition, structures of andesites. Ultramafic and mafic complexes and corresponding rocks. Shapes of ultramific and ultramafic-mafic rock bodies. Mineral and chemical composition, structures of ultramafic and mafic complexes. Stratified ultramafic complexes, ophiolite complexes, appinite type of ultramafic rocks.
- Granitoidal rock. Composition of granitoidal rocks. Structural and chemical variability. Petrogenesis of granitoidal rocks. Occurence of granitoidal rocks, their tectonic meaning and typology. Formation of granitoidal rocks (fractional crystallization, hybridization, granitization).
- Literature
- HALL, Anthony. Igneous petrology. 2nd ed. Essex: Longman Group, 1996, xiv, 551. ISBN 0582230802. info
- WINTER, John D. An introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2010, xviii, 702. ISBN 9780321592576. info
- BEST, Myron G. Igneous petrology. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Science, 2001, xvi, 458 s. ISBN 0-86542-541-8. info
- KONOPÁSEK, Jiří. Metamorfní petrologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 241 s. ISBN 8071846686. info
- MCLANE, Michael. Sedimentology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, xiii, 423. ISBN 0195078683. info
- BLATT, Harvey. Sedimentary petrology. 2nd ed. New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992, 514 s. ISBN 0716722739. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture
- Assessment methods
- Lectures, written tests
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Bude otevřen v podzimním semestru 2024/2025.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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