Courses Taught
Physics and chemistry of the solar system, with an emphasis on the phase equilibria and the chemical compositions of meteorites and the terrestrial planets, including fractionation processes in both planetary interiors and the solar system as a whole.
Phase equilibria, mineralogy, chemical properties, and processes relevant to the petrogenesis of igneous rocks.
Survey of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and the processes leading
to their formation. Emphasis in the laboratory given to hand-
Interaction of minerals with electromagnetic radiation, with an emphasis on optical mineralogy, but also including other spectroscopic techniques applied to the identification of minerals and to the analysis of their composition and structure.
