University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

GEOL-3020 (3) Petrology

Field relations, petrography, petrology, chemistry, and origins of igneous and metamorphic rocks are studied by means of lectures, reading, and lab and field experience. Labs include instruction in the fundamentals of optical petrography and the study of rocks in thin section. Prereq., GEOL 3010 or GEOL 2005.