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    Calculating Pressures and Temperatures of Petrologic Events: Geothermobarometry part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Donna Whitney, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    In this lab exercise, students examine one or more metamorphic rocks and use various approaches to estimating and calculating the pressure-temperature conditions at which the rocks equilibrated. The exercise ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Geoscience:Geology
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    Progressive metamorphism of pelitic rocks: A lab assignment to facilitate translation from AFM space to P-T space part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
    Jane Selverstone, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
    This is an example of a lab activity aimed at teaching students how to go from natural samples to AFM diagrams to P-T conditions of equilibration.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:PTt Relationships, Metamorphic Rock Suites and Facies, Metamorphic Processes, Geoscience:Geology
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    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
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