Unit information: Igneous Geology in 2008/09

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Unit name Igneous Geology
Unit code EASC20005
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 2C (weeks 13 - 18)
Unit director Professor. Tim Elliott
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

EASC10001
Co-requisites

Mineralogy EASC20004
School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

Classification of igneous rocks and their crystallisation; characteristics and genesis of the main igneous rock-types; genesis and evolution of magmas; phase diagrams; igneous rocks in their tectonic setting; economic applications.

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