Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

G 315 Lithology and Petrography

Description of the physical characteristics of naturally occurring rocks in hand specimen and thin section under the petrographic microscope. Understanding textures and fabrics of rocks and what physical and chemical parameters control them such as crystallization and nucleation rate, compositional environment, stress field, and provenance characteristics.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

G 312, G 313. Corequisite: G 314.

Corequisite

G 314
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