Educational Resources for Teaching Petrology

Examining chromite horizons at the Stillwater mine

This collection of internet resources is intended to help faculty in teaching or designing petrology courses. Many of the resources are lecture notes or PowerPoint presentations that are illustrated with useful diagrams, graphs and figures. There are also course syllabi, petrology projects, and on-line galleries of photomicrographs.


Suggest a URL of an internet resource for this collection. These links may not necessarily have instructional activities associated with them, but they could support teaching of igneous and metamorphic petrology. Examples may include links to government agencies, professional societies, institutions, and include images, maps, databases, tools and reports.

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Igneous Rocks of the Convergent Margins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/converg_margins.htm
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 ...

The Aleutian Arc Data System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.gg.uwyo.edu/aleutians/
The Aleutian Arc Data System is an interactive database providing access to chemical, petrographic and spatial data concerning the geology of the Aleutian islands. A summary of physical ...

PETDB: Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.petdb.org/
This web page provides an interactive petrological database of the ocean floor. The ultimate goal is to provide a robust, complete reference data library for the petrology and whole earth science ...

Trace Elements and Isotopes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2009%...
This 93-slide PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation discusses the compatibility of elements, addressing Goldschmidt's Rules, fractionation, ...

Granitoid Rocks part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2018%...
This 16-slide PowerPoint presentation discusses the characteristics of granitoid rocks including geographic occurrence, rare earth elements, enclave characteristics, pressure-temperature conditions, ...

Island Arc Magamatism part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2016%...
This 50 slide PowerPoint presentation introduces the basic structural facets of an island arc system. Magma series (tholeiitic, alkaline, calc-alkaline) and differentiation within magma series are ...

Granitoid Rocks part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2018%...
This 16-slide PowerPoint presentation discusses the characteristics of granitoid rocks including geographic occurrence, rare earth elements, enclave characteristics, pressure-temperature conditions, ...

Igneous Rocks of the Convergent Margins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/converg_margins.htm
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 ...

Igneous Petrology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2001%...
This PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation provides an introduction to the structure of the earth in the context of the generation of igneous ...

Trace Elements and Isotopes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2009%...
This 93-slide PowerPoint presentation is part of the Whitman College petrology course. The presentation discusses the compatibility of elements, addressing Goldschmidt's Rules, fractionation, ...