UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA OKANAGAN DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EESC 322 IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY Tentative Course Outline 2012 The outline below seems reasonable but there may be significant deviations if the class material is too ambitious or if materials needed for the lab are unavailable. WEEK OF Sept. 3 Introduction and Classification of Igneous Rocks. Read Chapters 1 & 2. No Lab. Sept. 10 Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Melts, Fluids & Magmas. Read Chapters 3 & 4. Lab: Mineral Identification Sept. 17 Phase Diagrams. Flow, Diffusion & Nucleation. Read Chapters 5 & 6. Lab: Igneous and Metamorphic Minerals Sept. 24 Origin of Fabrics. Cooling of Magma. Read Chapters 7 & 8. Lab: Layered Mafic Intrusions (Skaergaard, Bushveld, Muskox, Sudbury, Shonkin Sag Sill, Cape St. Mary s Sill ) and basalts (Chilcotin?). Oct. 1 Magma Ascent, Emplacement, Extrusion. Read Chapters 9 & 10 Lab: Granitoid Rocks (Sierra Nevada?). Oct. 8 Generation and Differentiation of Magmas. Read Chapters 11 & 12. Lab: Cancelled due to Thanksgiving. Oct. 15 Finish Generation and Differentiation of Magmas. Read Chapters 11 & 12. Lab: TBA. Midterm Theory and Lab Test May Be Done in Class or Lab Oct. 22 Introduction and Classification of Metamorphic Rocks. Read Chapters 14 & 15. Lab: Pelites (Shelburne and some BC Pelites) Oct. 29 Introduction and Classification of Metamorphic Rocks. Read Chapters 14 & 15. Lab: Marbles and Calc-silicates (The Nickle-Plate Mine). Nov. 5 Minerral Reactions, Equilibria and Fabric Development. Read Chapter 16 Lab: Greenschists and Blueschists of the Cordillera Nov. 12 Metamorphism in Orogens. Read Chapter 18. Lab: Cancelled due to Fall Break. Nov. 19 Catch-up and Review. Lab: Final Lab Test this week or next TBA. Nov. 26 Catch-up and Review. Lab: The Final Lab Test could be this week Grading: Value - Percentage Midterm Lab & Theory Test 30% Term Paper 30% Final Lab & Theory Exam(s) 40% Total 100%
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UBC OKANAGAN DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EESc 322 - IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY Term Paper Guidelines Your term paper can be written on any topic in igneous and metamorphic petrology. Ensure that the topic is discussed with the professor before proceeding. Due to library constraints and the time it takes for interlibrary loans, this should be done in the first two weeks. The paper should be written and organized along the following lines: Title page - contains a title and your name etc. Abstract - gives the major observations and conclusions and the fundamental rationalization for the conclusions. It does not just say what is going to be discussed it gives results and conclusions. Introduction - may give a brief historical overview of the subject and its development. Statements of why the topic is important and the implications would be useful. The introduction will also specify what aspects of the topic will be dealt with in your term paper. This section should comprise 10-15% of your paper. Background - you should demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the subject and perhaps provide some historical perspective as appropriate. You may be writing on a subject that I am not overly familiar with. Make sure that all the jargon is suitably explained so that your paper can be fairly evaluated. Data - Most research papers have a section which presents the (new) data. This data is later discussed in the paper. Your review paper will not likely have this but see the discussion below for comments. Discussion - this section can be called what ever you want. It is likely to have several subsections dealing with specific aspects of the topic or the results of particular investigations. In science review articles, each subsection typically has the salient data collected by others presented first and then the interpretation of these data are given. Data/information first, discussion second. Summary and Conclusions - take the information and previous results discussed in the body of the paper and summarize and synthesize them. You may want to comment on the integrity of previous studies and suggest directions for future work. It may also be useful to re-emphasize the importance and big picture implications of the subject. Acknowledgments - Did anyone give you a hand? References Cited - The intent is to mimic a journal article. Only references that were cited should be listed (it is not a bibliography). Please use the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences format for the reference list. It has been copied by many new journals over the last two decades. Footnotes should be avoided. Figure Captions, Figures and Tables can occur at the end of the paper (in that order) or can be integrated into the text. The former is the norm for journal submissions. Other Comments The paper should be double-spaced. It can be any length. Short papers are more difficult to write than long ones but ten double-spaced pages sounds skimpy. Any number of references can be cited though five peer-reviewed (usually journal) articles is probably a minimum (there are
exceptions) whereas twenty sounds like a lot of work. Plagiarism will be dealt with harshly. See the course outline for University policy on this issue.