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2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GEOL 3600/3601 - Petrology (and lab)

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GEOL 3500/3501  at APSU or approval of transfer credit by mineralogy instructor; Corequisite: GEOL 3601
Description: The study of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks in hand sample and thin section.  Includes textural, mineralogical, and chemical characteristics; classification of rocks; and the origin, association, and tectonic occurrence of rocks.  An overnight field trip is required.