EEG 2101 - Earth Materials

Prerequisites or Corequisites: EEG 1000, EEG 1001, EEG 1002, EEG 1003, EEG 1005, EEG 1007, EEG 1008, or EEG 2000.
Credits: 4

An introduction to Earth materials, including minerals and rocks, with an emphasis on a hands-on approach to identifying and interpreting minerals and their associations in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Students learn the techniques and principles of hand sample identification, optical mineralogy and petrography, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Laboratory course.