Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in geology, research focus (Even years, organized in 2024-2025) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course includes the following topics: calculation of the viscosity, density and oxygen fugacity of silicate melts; use of geothermobarometry; modelling of magmatic differentiation using major and trace elements; melt inclusions.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Enable students to describe eruptive products and quantify magmatic differentiation
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Geochemistry (GEOL0206-3)
Magmatic petrology and metamorphic petrology (GEOL1035-1 et GEOL1036-1).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
7 lectures of 2H and 7 sessions of exercices (2H).
If necessary, the practical work will be partly replaced by an excursion
or by the reading of an article associated with a presentation.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Further information:
Ouvrages de référence:
-Shaw D.M. (2006). Trace elements in Magmas, a theoretical treatment. Cambridge University Press
-Rollinson H. Pease V. (2021). Using geochemical data: to understand geological processes. Cambridge University Press.
-Chazot, Lénat, Maury, Agranier, Roche 2017. Volcanologie. deBoeck
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Attendance at practical work is compulsory and conditions success.
Written exam.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Vander Auwera-Coppens
Pétrologie, Géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège (Sart Tilman)
Tél.: 04/366.22.53 -mailto:jvdauwera@uliege.be
Secretariat: Mrs M.Guadagnano and J. Schmetz
Tél.: 04/366.22.51 - mailto:m.guadagnano@uliege.be, joelle.schmetz@uliege.be