Geol.777 IGNEOUS PETROLOGY (3 C.H)
Tectonic settings of igneous rocks, minerals and their textural relations in igneous rocks, chemistry, physics and classification of igneous rocks, volcanism, origin of magmas through melting of the mantle and crust, crystallization of magmas, petrology of the mantle, igneous rocks of the oceanic lithosphere, igneous rocks of the convergent margins and continental lithosphere, magmatism related to various tectonic settings.
Books Recommended:
- Petrology and genesis of igneous rocks by Gupta, A.K., 2007. Narosa Publishing House.
- Modern igneous petrology by Sood, M.K., 1981, A Wiley-Interscience Publication.
- Principles of igneous petrology by Maaløe, S., 1985. Springer-Verlag.
- Modern methods of igneous petrology: understanding magmatic processes by Nicholls, J.W. and Russell, J. K., 1990. Mineralogical Society of America.
- The Interpretation of Geological Phase Diagrams by Ehlers, E.G., 1972. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.