The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

GEOL 3412 Petrology

This course introduces the student to basic properties, modes of origin, and methods of identifying, classifying and describing the rock-forming minerals and the three classes of rocks. This course includes three laboratory hours per week with emphasis on identifying, describing and interpreting samples in hand specimens and outcrops; thin section examination with the polarizing microscope will be introduced and practiced. Field trips required.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

GEOL 3411 with a grade of ?C? or better.

Schedule Type

Lecture/Lab

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Schl of Earth, Env, & Mari Sci

Offered

As scheduled