Lecture Notes
Mantle Melting I
Melting and trace elements
Differentiation of Earth with simple phase diagrams
Trace element Modeling
Magma chamber box modeling
Crash course in radiogenic isotopes
Thermobarometry notes
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Homeworks
Homework 1. Phase diagrams, olivine partitoining
Week 1. Peridotites and peridotite melting
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Walter, M. J. Melting of garnet peridotite and the origin of komatiite and depleted lithosphere. J. Petrol. 39, 29-60 (1998).
Week 2. Peridotite thermobarometry
Week 3. Mid-ocean ridge basalts
Week 4. Subduction zone magmatism
Week 5. Differentiation in subduction zones
Week 6. Kinetics
Week 7. Metamorphic phase equilibria