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Geoscience > Geology > Mineralogy > Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics
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Metamorphic Phase Diagrams part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is part of a petrology course offered by Dr. Steve Dutch at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. Topics covered include the phase rule, metamorphic phases and phase diagrams (including ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Physics Applets part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These physics applets involve astrophysics, energy and environment, mechanics, and thermodynamics. The astrophysics applets are related to spectroscopy, photometry, orbital mechanics and cosmology, ...Resource Type: Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Metamorphic Phase Diagrams part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site is part of a petrology course offered by Dr. Steve Dutch at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. Topics covered include the phase rule, metamorphic phases and phase diagrams (including ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
MELTS Home Page part of SERC Web Resource Collection
MELTS is a software package for modeling crystallization of magmatic systems. The MELTS home page provides acess to three types of modeling tools. The software can be used to calculate phase ...Resource Type: Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools
Magmatic Differentiation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This set of lecture notes covers a number of topics including magmatic differentiation, chemical variation in rock suites, partial melting, fractional melting, crystal fractionation, Bowen's ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes
Igneous Rocks of the Convergent Margins part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This set of lecture notes discusses the occurrence and tectonic settings of igneous rocks near convergent plate margins. A discussion of petrography includes major element composition, calc-alkaline ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations
Igneous Rocks of the Continental Lithosphere part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These lecture notes present a discussion of mineralogical classification of granitic rocks, definitions of hypersolvus and subsolvus granites, tectonic and chemical classification, and depth of ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations
Phase Rule and Binary Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation covers the crystal behavior of melts through the phase rule, pressure/temperature diagrams, isobaric ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes
Binary and Greater Systems part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation covers isobaric ternary T-X diagrams (An-Di-Fo), liquidus, intensive variables, cotectic, peritectic, ...Resource Type: Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Magma Generation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation covers the origin of basaltic magmas. Two types of basalt in ocean basins are compared (tholeiitic and ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes