Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-603 Course Name: Metamorphic Petrology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Type of metamorphism and controlling factors, different types of metamorphic rocks, textural and structural classification of metamorphic rocks. |
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| 2 | Phase rule, metamorphic reactions and phase equilibria in metamorphic rocks, graphical representation of various mineral assemblages in different P-T conditions, chemographic projections. | |
| 3 | Phase diagrams and petrogenetic grid for metamorphic assemblages in various grades of metamorphism thermodynamics of metamorphic reactions, mineral assemblages and metamorphic isograds. | |
| 4 | Mineral assemblages and chemographic relation for different parent rock types in zeolite, prehnite, pumpellyite, greenschist, amphibolite, granulite, eclogite, and blueschist facies and sub-facies, mineral paragenesis. |
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