List of petrology questions.

Questions on Appalachian Geology

Ap_1 What are the provinces of the Appalachian Physiographic Division?

Ap_2 What are the tectonic sutures of the southern Appalachians?

Questionstion on Rocks

R-1. What are the textures and fabrics of the three types of rocks?

Question on Igneous Petrology

Introduction . A. Enviroments in which igneous rocks are formed?
                         B. How are magmas generates, magma series, and rock types
                      C. Opening of Indian Ocean Basin. LIPs
                      D. Hawaiian Islands

Ig1 How do we study igneous rocks?

Ig2 What factors control the grain size of igneous rocks?

Ig3 What is texture? What are the textures of gneous rocks

Ig4 How are igneous rocks classified?

Ig5 Igneous rocks classified based on structure and shape of igneous body?

Ig6 Igneous rock classification based on Chemical composition

Ig7 Classification of ignious rock by color index and by mineralogy

Ig-PE Questions on Phase equilibria

Ig-Magma Questions on Magma genesis, modification, and movement

PetrogenicProvince Description of igneous rocks from different Petrogentic Provinces

Questions on sedimentary Petrology

SP_1. How are Sedimentary rocks classified?

SP_2. How is the source area (PROVENANCE) of sediments determined?

SP_3. What parameters control the environment of deposition of sedimentary rocks ?

SP-4. How are environments of deposition of sedimentary rocks determined?

Question on Metamorphic Petrology

M_1-6. Meetamorphism, agents of metamorphism, and types

M_7-10. Meetamorphic rocks classification, concept of metamorphic facies?

M_11-15. Metamorphic facies series, metamorphic zones, common metamorphic facies phase diagrams

M_16-18 Metamorphic mineral-facies chart, examples etamorphic rock type

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