GLY 4310C                                                             SPRING SEMESTER, 2010

Sect. 18920

PETROLOGY OF IGNEOUS

AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS

TIME AND PLACE:

            LECTURE:                M, W 9:00 - 10:20 PS 337

LABORATORY: M 13:30 - 15:20 PS 355 or T 13:30 - 15:20

INSTRUCTOR: 

Dr. David L. Warburton

Physical Sciences Building Room 356a

(561) 297-3312 FAX (561) 297-2745

E-mail Warburto@FAU.EDU

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT: 

Mr. Dominick Antolino

Physical Sciences Building Room 354

(561) 297-3250

E-mail: dantolin@fau.edu

            Office Hours: M 10:30 - 12:00, T 12:30-1:30, F 12:00 - 1:30  

DATES: January 11, 2009 to April 28, 2009, excluding March 8 and 10, 2008

PURPOSE OF COURSE:

This course provides geology majors with basic background in silicate mineralogy, petrology and optical petrography. Students will become familiar with textures, processes, occurrences, and principles that will allow them to describe igneous and metamorphic rocks, and interpret their origin and later geological history. The laboratory serves to familiarize students with silicate minerals, and igneous and metamorphic rocks in both hand specimen and thin section. The course provides background in one of the areas that appears on the Professional Geology license examination.

PREREQUISITES: 

Each student enrolled in the course is required to have completed one semester of chemistry and one semester of physics (with laboratory) with a grade of C or better. In addition each student must have completed the Mineralogy and Crystal Chemistry course, or an acceptable alternative at another institution, with a grade of C or better.

TEXTBOOKS: 

Required: Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, second edition, John D. Winter, Prentice Hall, 2010.This book was listed on Amazon on December 10, 2009 for $106.70 (new). There are some used copies available, but this is a new book, so be sure you get the second edition.

Required: Manual of Mineral Science, Cornelis Klein and Barbara Dutrow, 23nd edition, John Wiley, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-471-72157-4. Most students will have this book from the Mineralogy course.

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES: 

One hand lens (10 X) - should have a metal case - 20 X is also useful but 10 X is better for most purposes. Most students will have this from the Mineralogy course.

CLASS FORMAT: 

Monday and Wednesday mornings will be used for lecture and discussion of homework. Lab sections will be used for hand specimen and optical petrology laboratory. (2 hours).

LAB REPORTS: 

All lab reports will be due one week after the laboratory meets unless otherwise specified. Late lab reports will be heavily penalized. Attendance at laboratory sections is mandatory. Anyone missing a laboratory session without a valid, verifiable excuse will be penalized 20% on that laboratory. Students arriving more than five minutes late for a laboratory session will be penalized 10% on that assignment. Students leaving the laboratory early without permission are also subject to penalty.

COURSE WEB PAGES:

Web pages for the course are located at http://www.geosciences.fau.edu/Resources/CourseWebPages/Spring2010/GLY4310_S10/index.4310_S10.htm

An enhanced syllabus, an index page with a great deal of information, a laboratory schedule, and other documents are located at this site. Notices, including any changes in dates, etc. will be posted on the web site. Students need to check this site frequently (at least once per week).

EXAMINATIONS: 

There will be two midterms and a comprehensive final examination for the lecture part of the course. Exams will be announced at least one week in advance. The laboratory work will also be tested. The following is a tentative examination schedule, subject to revision.

LECTURE EXAMS:

First Midterm: Monday, February 8, 2010 9:00-10:20 .

Second Midterm: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:00-10:20 .

            Final examination: Friday April 30, 2010 7:45 - 10:15

LABORATORY EXAMS:

            Lab Midterm 1 - Silicate Minerals - February 15, 2010

            Laboratory Midterm 2 - Igneous Rocks - April 5, 2010

Laboratory Final - Metamorphic Rocks- April 29, 2010 1:15-3:45 (Tuesday Section) or May 3, 2010 10:30 - 1:00 PM (Monday Section)

OFFICE HOURS: 

The instructor will be in or around PS 356 (except as noted) during the following hours each week.

            Monday 10:30-1:00 p.m.       Wednesday 10:30-1:00 p.m.

            Thursday 6:30-7:00 and 10:00-10:30 p.m. 

EVALUATION:

The laboratory will count 40% of your total grade. The two lecture midterms will count 15% each, or 30% of the total grade. The lecture final will count 22%. Homework will be worth 8%. All examinations must be taken on the date scheduled, beginning at the start of the class period. Any exception to this policy must be arranged in advance with the instructor, only in truly unusual circumstances. If no prior arrangement is made and an examination is missed, the student will receive a grade of zero.

GRADING SCALE: 

The grading scale used is as follows:      

Attainment of the lowest grade average in any category will assure that your grade is not lower than the indicated grade, with one exception. Anyone failing the laboratory examinations will receive a grade no higher than D⁺, regardless of the overall score. For geology majors, a grade of less than C must be repeated in order to graduate. Note that this includes grades of C-.

Examinations will be returned and discussed in class. If you miss a class, you may come to the instructor’s office during office hours. Grades will not be posted. Overall grade distributions and class averages are posted on the examination key, which will be available on the course web pages after the examination.

Incomplete grades will be given only when a student is unable to complete the course within the semester due to unforeseen circumstances, with a considerable impact on the student’s life, and beyond the student’s control. Such events are rare. Therefore, incomplete grades are rare.

Attendance at the laboratory sessions is essential for satisfactory performance in the course.

LABORATORY: 

The laboratory must be left clean and neat. Any food or drink brought into the laboratory must be disposed of properly. Failure to properly maintain laboratory cleanliness will adversely affect a student's grade.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

Any incidence of cheating will result in a grade of "F" in the course and possible further disciplinary action. FAU has an Honor Code, and that infractions will have serious consequences. (See http://www.fau.edu/regulations/chapter4/4.001_Honor_Code.pdf )

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE:

In order to enhance and maintain a productive atmosphere for education, personal communication devices such as pagers, beepers, and cellular telephones are to be disabled in class sessions. (University policy which applies to all classes - see http://www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/09-10_catalog/University_Catalog.htm) Any use of these devices during a quiz or examination will be considered to be cheating, and will be penalized accordingly.

Communication devices (cell phones, pages, laptop computers, etc.) must be turned off and out of reach during all examinations.

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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

The material for the lecture part of the course will be presented in lecture format, usually accompanied by PowerPoint presentations. The laboratory portion of the course will consist of a number of exercises done during the Monday afternoon laboratory section, with write-ups done outside of class.

DISABLED STUDENTS:    

Any student with a disability, whether hidden or visible, is urged to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities, then to bring paperwork from their office to the instructor at the begriming of the semester. They will verify the disability, and suggest accommodations which can be made to assist the student. All such accommodations will be made utilizing the best practical method.

HOLIDAYS: 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday January 18, 2010

Spring Break March 8 to March 14, 2010

REFERENCE LIST

            The following books are on three-hour reserve in the library. They should prove useful if you are having trouble with a particular subject area, or would like more information.

            Igneous Petrology - I.S. Carmichael, F.J. Turner, and J. Verhoogan

            QE 461.C37

            The Interpretation of Igneous Rocks - K.G. Cox, J.D. Bell, and R.J. Parkhurst

            QE 461.C68

            Origins of Igneous Rocks - P.C. Hess

            QE 461.H47 1989

            Pyroclastic Rocks - R.V. Fischer and H.-U. Schmincke

            QE 461.F55

            Petrology of Metamorphic Rocks - R. Mason

            QE 475.A2 M394

            Metamorphic Petrology - F.J. Turner

            QE 475.T89 1981

            Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks - H.G.F. Winkler, fourth edition

            QE 475.A2 W5613 1976

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January 20, 2010