The texture of intergrown feldspar and quartz granite known as "graphic granite" has often been compared to cuneiform writing. (Image courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Timothy Grove
MIT Course Number
12.109
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Undergraduate
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Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This undergraduate petrology course surveys the distribution, chemical composition, and mineral associations in rocks of the earth's crust and upper mantle, and establishes its relation to tectonic environment. The emphasis of the course is on the use of chemistry and physics to interpret rock forming processes.