UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

GY303 Petrology Lecture Reference Materials and Exercises

Exercise 1: Chemical analyses of igneous rocks (weight % oxides) (PDF document)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/OX-DATA.pdf

CIPW Normative mineralogy calculation rules (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CIPWNORM.pdf

CIPW normative mineralogy calculation worksheet (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CIPW_CalculationTable.pdf

Excel CIPW normative mineralogy spreadsheet template:

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CIPWnormTemplate.xls

Molecular normative mineralogy calculation rules (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/MolecularNorm.pdf

Molecular normative mineralogy calculation worksheet (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/MolecularNorm_CalculationTable.pdf

Example CIPW calculation: Granite (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CIPW_Granite_Example.pdf

Example CIPW calculation: Basanite (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CIPW_Basanite_Example.pdf

Norm calculation application software (Self-extracting ZIP)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/normprog.exe

Exercise 2: Calculation of Binary System Phase Boundaries (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-2(phase).pdf

Exercise 3: Determining Crystal-Melt Proportions with Binary Phase Diagrams (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-3(binary)_A.pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-3(binary)_A_key.pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-3(binary)_B.pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-3(binary)_B_key.pdf

Binary eutectic phase diagram concept with tie line examples (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Binary_AB_example.pdf

Binary eutectic worked example An-Di system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/BinaryEutecticExample.pdf

Binary 2 eutectic worked example Le-Q system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Binary2EutecticExample.pdf

Binary peritectic worked example Fo-En-Cr system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/BinaryPeritecticExample.pdf

Binary solid solution worked example Ab-An system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/BinarySSexample.pdf

Binary eutectic with solvus example Or-Ab system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/BinarySubsolidusExample.pdf

Ternary eutectic phase diagram concept with isotherms (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/TernaryEutecticSchematic.pdf

Ternary eutectic worked example Q-Ab-Or system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/TernaryEutecticExample.pdf

Ternary peritectic worked example Di-Fo-En-Cr system at 2 kbar (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/TernaryPeritecticExample.pdf

Ternary 2 eutectic Di-Fo-En-Cr system at 20 kbar (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Ternary2EutecticExample.pdf

Ternary solid solution worked example Di-Ab-An system (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/TernarySSexample.pdf

Exercise 4A: Ternary Phase Diagrams (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-4a(ternary).pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-4a(ternary)_key.pdf

Exercise 4B: Ternary Phase Diagrams (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/HM-4b(ternary).pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/HM-4b(ternary)_key.pdf

Trace Element and REE Lecture Notes (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/TraceElements.pdf

Exercise 5: Trace Element Fractionation Calculations (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-5(trace).pdf

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-5(trace)_key.pdf

Exercise 6: REE Fractionation Calculations (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-6(REE).pdf

REE assignment starting template spreadsheet (Excel file)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/REE_template.xls

Metamorphic Facies P-T Diagram (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/MetamorphicFaciesPT.pdf

Phase Equilibria Equations (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/ThermoEquations.pdf

Phase Equilibria Examples (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/PhaseEquilibriaExamples.pdf

Exercise 7: Metamorphic Phase Equilibria (PDF)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Hm-7(thermo).pdf

Aluminosilicate Template Spreadsheet (Ex. 7)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/AluminoSilicatePT_Template.xlsx

Ga+Bi+Ms+Pl Spreadsheet Graph (Ex. 7)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/Ga_Bi_Pl_Ms_template.xlsx

CMP2.EXE command line mineral composition calculator

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/CMP2.EXE

SAMPLE.OXI: example mineral composition (oxides) input file for CMP2.EXE

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/sample.oxi

RA118 sample oxides file

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/RA118_Ga_Bi_Ms_Pl.oxi

RA118 composition file (output from CMP2.exe)

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/RA118_Ga_Bi_Ms_Pl.cmp

Exercise 8: Aqueous geochemistry exercise

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/hm-8(aqueous).pdf

Alabama Field Trip Overview

http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/gy303/The%20Southern%20Appalachains%20in%20Alabama.pdf

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