Course syllabus
Welcome to the course GVG410 Advanced Petrology, 7,5 hp, ht20
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Welcome to the Advanced Petrology course GVG 410,
This course is blended with online lectures that can be viewed at any time, online practicals, on-site microscopy and electron microscopy as well as live online discussions between students and teacher(s).
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The infection risk for Covid-19 is still exceptionally high! Therefore the on-campus activities need special safety regulations. Please read carefully the risk assessments of the microscopy room (Berglabbet 2.014), the SEM lab (room 3.077) as well as of this course and follow the advices given in these documents. Violation of these rules can lead to exclusion from the respective activities!
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The course is designed as a project course with different projects that can be conducted by groups of up to three students each. Each group must conduct one project. Additionally, lectures and practicals serve as supporting information and training for the different projects.
Please make sure that every group has a different project!
Within the projects each group will investigate a metamorphic rock sample. Investigations should comprise a decent literature study of the area from which the sample stems, proper microscopy and electron microscopy in order to characterize the sample and quantify mineral compositions. Thermobarometric calculations and/or thermodynamic modelling should be used to determine the metamorphic conditions the samples were affected by. The results and interpretations of these investigations together with a discussion of those must be submitted in a written form following a common structure in scientific publications.
Structure of the course
The course consists of nine lectures that are recommended to watch and listen to within the first two weeks of the course. Additional optional Extra lectures are uploaded that help you to get more indepth knowledge of the topic. The practicals are meant to help you with the understanding of the topics and to give you some practical training with the thermodynamic calculations that are required in order to write the report of your work.
In the "Modules" section of this page you find a suggestion of how to organise your lectures and practicals as well as some supporting material, such as suggested readings and manuals.
The assignments given in Canvas should be seen as a help to structure the course, graded will be the report of your project that has to be handed in at the end of the course!
At the beginning
A detailed description of the course assignments together with some instructions for the necessary preparations are given in the "To_do_list_students_2020.docx" file that can be downloaded in the "Files" section of this Canvas page as well as in the "How to start" module.
At first you will get a box with thin sections and hand specimens as well as a set of coordinates that show the location of the sample. Based on these coordinates you have to identify the geological unit from which your sample stems.
After finding out about your sample location you can start to search for relevant literature.
As your schedule is only restricted by the booked time for the SEM I have uploaded a potential schedule that you could use as a framework for your project progress.
In case you encounter unsolvable problems during your project you can contact me at any time in Canvas or by email or by any other means.
I have scheduled several online sessions, where all of you can participate and ask questions. In case you need more support we can arrange online meetings with your respective groups.
I hope this course will be fun for you and we will be able to make the best of it. If you have suggestions for improvements of the course or course structure, please let me know immediately as I might be able to improve the course “on the fly”. I am happy about any suggestions.
Have fun
Matthias
Kontakt/E-post:
Kursledare: Matthias Konrad Schmolke
Studievägledare: Emily Whitehurst Zack
Kursadministratör: Eugenia Andersson
Utbildningsansvarig: Johan Hogmalm
Mer information
Information för dig som student, exempelvis om digital tentamen, pedagogiskt stöd, studenthälsa hittar du på Studentportalen.
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