Course Overview

This lecture provides basic knowledge for various minerals and rocks in the earth's surface and interior. Main purposes are to learn classification, basic principles and processes of the formations of the minerals and rocks (mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks) in the earth.

Learning Achievement

Students will be engaged in acheiving general knowledge and comprehensive understandings of the constituent materials of earth and their changes, by learning various kinds of minerals and rocks, their generation and formation mechnism in earth's surface and interior, and meteorites from the outside.

Competence

This coursework links up with the academic goal as stated below

Course prerequisites

none

Grading Philosophy

Evaluation will be based on class attendance (20 %) and final examination result (80 %)

Course schedule

We provide lectures for rock-forming minerals and their generation mechanisms, and also igneous and metamorphic rocks with their generation and evolution processes. Global igneous and orogenic activities are also included in hte lectures.
Introduction to mineralogy
Classification and structural features of minerals-1
Classification and structural features of minerals-2
Physical properties and formation processes of minerals-1
Physical properties and formation processes of minerals-2
Classification of igneous rocks
Generation and evolution of magma (igneous rocks)
Classification of metamorphic rocks
Formation processes of metamorphic rocks and orogeny
Global orogenic and magmatic cycles in the Earth's history

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Tsunogae Toshiaki,Kurosawa Masanori

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