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    Igneous Rock Compositions and Plate Tectonics
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Allen Glazner and Kent Ratajeski Published July 28, 2005. Description In this exercise, students use whole-rock major- and trace-element compositions of igneous rocks from a variety of tectonic settings and ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Igneous Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Information Type: Activity: Activity, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem
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    Compositional Diversity in Volcanic Suites
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Oct. 26, 2004. Description In this exercise, students use whole-rock major- and trace-element compositions of volcanic rocks to explore the origins of compositional variation in igneous ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes, Igneous Rocks, Geochemistry, Volcanology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity, Problem Set, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem
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    Physical and Chemical Variations Along the Central American Volcanic Arc
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published June 13, 2007. Description The Central American volcanic arc displays large arc-parallel variations in chemical composition that yield important clues concerning the complex origin of ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem

    Global Geochemistry of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Oct. 15, 2006. Description Geological processes at the mid-ocean ridges are responsible for the bulk of the Earth's heat loss and volcanic activity. The compositions of materials ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem, PetDB

    Crystallization-Differentiation of the Kilauea Iki Lava Lake
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published Oct. 26, 2004. Description In this exercise, students use major-element compositions of whole-rocks, volcanic glasses, and minerals in lavas and drill cores from the solidified Kilauea Iki ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes, Igneous Rocks, Geochemistry, Volcanology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity:Problem Set, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem

    Cenozoic Volcanic History of the Western United States
    Kent Ratajeski, University of Kentucky
    Kent Ratajeski Published June 30, 2006 Description In this activity, students view a Quicktime video animation based on data from the North American Volcanic and Intrusive Rock Database (NAVDAT) to learn about the ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Historical Geology, Tectonics
    Information Type: Activity: Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem

    Volcanic Landforms and Magma Composition
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski Published July 12, 2006. Description Magma composition is an important control on the geomorphology of lava flows and volcanoes. In this exercise, students investigate this relationship by studying ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity:Lab Activity, Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem

    Volcanic Fields of North America
    Kent Ratajeski, Calvin University
    Kent Ratajeski and Brian Stogner Published Oct. 15, 2006 Description In this activity, students gather gather data from selected North American volcanic fields which were active during the Cenozoic. Geographic, ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Volcanology
    Information Type: Activity: Activity, Lab Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem

    Sr Isotopic Compositions of Mafic Volcanic Rocks, Western United States
    Kent Ratajeski, University of Kentucky
    Kent Ratajesk Published June 30, 2006. Description In this exercise, students use whole-rock Sr isotopic compositions of volcanic rocks in the western United States to explore variability in mantle sources. The ...

    Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Geochemistry:Radioisotopes
    Information Type: Activity: Activity
    Geochemical Databases: EarthChem


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