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    Geoscience > Geology > Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology > PTt Relationships

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    A Quantitative Visualization of Mantle Melting part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
    Hannah Shamloo, Oregon State University
    Here is an exercise to acquaint students with pressure-temperature diagrams related to Earth's interior, teach why the mantle melts in the context of pressure and temperature, demonstrate the role water has on melting, and review the three ways to melt the mantle.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    T-X Phase Diagrams part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    This is a 15 page tutorial and problem set designed to get students familiar with T-X diagrams, their implications, and uses.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Metamorphic Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Learning Thermodynamics and Using Spreadsheets part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Sumit Chakraborty and Somnath Dasgupta
    These files contain a set of three Excel files to balance mineral reactions, to explore variation of thermodynamic properties as a function of P, T and composition and to explore stability of different mineral ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, PTt Relationships, Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rock Suites and Facies
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Binary eutectic in-class exercise (Di-An) part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Allen Glazner
    In this activity students work through a binary eutectic phase diagram in small groups and try to determine a set of generalizations that explain the behavior of such systems (e.g., "the first liquid produced ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, PTt Relationships, Geochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Schreinemakers Analysis - Problem #3: Analysis of an Invariant Point part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    This is a challenging Schreinemakers analysis problem.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, PTt Relationships
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Schrinemaker Analysis - Problem #1: Analysis of an Invariant Point part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    This is a standard Schreinemakers problem: identifying the sequence of stable and metastable reactions around an invariant point.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Metamorphic Processes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Schreinemakers Analysis - Problem #2: Analysis of an Invariant Point with Application of the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    This is a standard Schreinemakers problem: identifying the sequence of stable and metastable reactions around an invariant point. The added wrinkle is that they use the Clausius-Clapeyron Equation to calculate ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, PTt Relationships
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Schreinemakers Analysis - Problem #4 part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    This is a straightforward Schreinemakers analysis involving two invariant points.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, PTt Relationships, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Compatibility Diagram 2:Tc-En-Etc part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    One of three compatibility diagrams I use in class. This is a short activity that has students construct several compatibility diagrams in different fields on a phase diagram. This, in turn, can be followed by ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Compatibility Diagram 3: Fo-Tc-Etc part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
    One of three compatibility diagrams I use in class. This is a bit more complicated than #1 and #2. It involves a projection from H2O and non-standard corners on the composition triangle.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review