An Isograd and Mixed-Volatile Exercise
Using Data from the Ubehebe Peak Contact Aureole
(developed with Greg Roselle)

This is a problem set for an introductory or advanced petrology course. It uses field data to help teach the determination and balancing of mixed-volatile reactions and locating isograds in siliceous dolomites in a contact aureole. Concepts explored in the problem set can be used to establish a framework for later discussions of T-X(CO2) diagrams, fluids in contact aureoles, and thermal gradients in the crust.

Problem Set, Teaching Materials and Solutions




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