Educational Resources for Teaching Petrology

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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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Our Dynamic Planet part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/ro...
This CD-ROM consists of tools for learner investigations of data that support the theory of Plate Tectonics. Data are accessible through a point and click interface with extensive online help. This ...

EarthScope part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.earthscope.org/
EarthScope applies modern observational, analytical, and telecommunications technologies to investigate the structure and evolution of the North American continent and the physical processes ...

Structure of the Earth and the Origin of Magmas part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/earths_interior.htm
This set of lecture notes covers several topics relating to the earth's interior. Seismic waves and the earth's internal structure are discussed. Several mechanisms for the origin of magma ...

Igneous Rocks of the Ocean Basins part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/ocean_basins.htm
These lecture notes introduce magmatism and petrology as they relate to the oceanic lithosphere. The notes cover ophiolite sequences and types of volcanic settings found in ocean basins. A section ...

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 Rocks of the Continental Lithosphere part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/cont_lithosphere...
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 ...

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, ...

Magma Generation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/Petrology/Ch%2010%...
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 ...

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Class Materials part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/JDW_PetClass.htm
This web site is maintained by John Winter of Whitman College, and contains 31 PowerPoint presentations for an igneous and metamorphic petrology course. The course and the lectures are keyed to his ...