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GEO 416K Earth Materials Lab Guide

GEO 416K Earth Materials Lab Guide

Author(s): Elizabeth Catlos

Edition: 2

Copyright: 2020

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Welcome to the Earth Materials Laboratory Guide. This manual contains exercises designed for GEO416K:  Earth Materials, a course taught in the Jackson school’s Dept. of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. This course is geared towards introducing students to minerals, mineral study techniques, igneous and metamorphic rocks, ore deposits, and ore formation processes.

Knowledge of mineralogy is the basis for the understanding of geological processes, including the formation and alteration of the Earth and other planets as a function of time. Many minerals influence the economy and play a meaningful role in political decision-making. The course focuses primarily on igneous and metamorphic rocks (as opposed to sedimentary rocks), and ore deposits.

The purpose of the lab guide is for the students to learn to identify many common rocks and minerals that they may encounter in the field and their future professions in the geosciences. They will learn how to use a petrographic microscope and appreciate the fundamentals of symmetry. The lab exercises are geared towards students who have completed an introductory Geosciences course and an introductory Chemistry course.

Lab 1 - Geologists and the Scientific Method
Lab 2 - Plate Tectonics
Lab 3 - Minerals
Lab 4 - Rocks
Lab 5 - Igneous Rocks: Hazards and Benefits
Lab 6 - Sedimentary Rocks: Resources and Reconstructions
Lab 7 - Metamorphic Rocks: Deforming the Crust
Lab 8 - Earthquakes
Lab 9 - Hydrology
Lab 10 - Human Impact and Earth’s Environment

Elizabeth Catlos

Elizabeth Catlos joined the Dept. of Geological Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin as an Associate Professor in 2009. Before her appointment at UT, Catlos was at Oklahoma State University, where she had been on the faculty since 2001. She is also an Affiliate Faculty for UT Austin’s Center for Planetary Systems Habitability and Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies. She was a UT Austin Harrington Fellow from 2007-2008 and spent the 2008-2009 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Geological Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. In the summer of 2015, she was a visiting faculty member at UCLA and spent part of Fall 2017 as a Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany. She teaches online classes in introductory geology for Soochow University International Programs (Taiwan), a joint program with Earlham College (Indiana). Catlos’ research focuses on advancing and using petrochemical and geochemical techniques to explore lithosphere dynamics, specializing in accessory mineral geochronology and isotopic microanalysis. 

Welcome to the Earth Materials Laboratory Guide. This manual contains exercises designed for GEO416K:  Earth Materials, a course taught in the Jackson school’s Dept. of Geological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. This course is geared towards introducing students to minerals, mineral study techniques, igneous and metamorphic rocks, ore deposits, and ore formation processes.

Knowledge of mineralogy is the basis for the understanding of geological processes, including the formation and alteration of the Earth and other planets as a function of time. Many minerals influence the economy and play a meaningful role in political decision-making. The course focuses primarily on igneous and metamorphic rocks (as opposed to sedimentary rocks), and ore deposits.

The purpose of the lab guide is for the students to learn to identify many common rocks and minerals that they may encounter in the field and their future professions in the geosciences. They will learn how to use a petrographic microscope and appreciate the fundamentals of symmetry. The lab exercises are geared towards students who have completed an introductory Geosciences course and an introductory Chemistry course.

Lab 1 - Geologists and the Scientific Method
Lab 2 - Plate Tectonics
Lab 3 - Minerals
Lab 4 - Rocks
Lab 5 - Igneous Rocks: Hazards and Benefits
Lab 6 - Sedimentary Rocks: Resources and Reconstructions
Lab 7 - Metamorphic Rocks: Deforming the Crust
Lab 8 - Earthquakes
Lab 9 - Hydrology
Lab 10 - Human Impact and Earth’s Environment

Elizabeth Catlos
Elizabeth Catlos

Elizabeth Catlos joined the Dept. of Geological Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin as an Associate Professor in 2009. Before her appointment at UT, Catlos was at Oklahoma State University, where she had been on the faculty since 2001. She is also an Affiliate Faculty for UT Austin’s Center for Planetary Systems Habitability and Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies. She was a UT Austin Harrington Fellow from 2007-2008 and spent the 2008-2009 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Geological Engineering at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. In the summer of 2015, she was a visiting faculty member at UCLA and spent part of Fall 2017 as a Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany. She teaches online classes in introductory geology for Soochow University International Programs (Taiwan), a joint program with Earlham College (Indiana). Catlos’ research focuses on advancing and using petrochemical and geochemical techniques to explore lithosphere dynamics, specializing in accessory mineral geochronology and isotopic microanalysis.