1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Practicum	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Link between deformation and metamorphism - microscopic scale. Basic approach and methods. Petrographic microscope, U-stage, electron microscope. Computer based image analysis. Sampling, sample orientation, oriented thin section preparation. Geometry and crystallography vs. optical elements. Necessity of 3rd dimension in thin section. Deformation of rock forming minerals, effects in thin sections. Monomineral and polyphase systems. Foliation, lineation, preferred orientation. Mechanism of foliation development, influence and importance of geological factors, practical use of foliation in the event reconstruction. Mineral preferred orientation and shear sense determination. Shear zones, mylonite, mylonitization and metamorphism. Mylonite shear sense indicators. Porphyroblasts and reaction rims. Pretectonic, intertectonic, sintectonic and post-tectonic porphyroblast growth. Inclusions, symplectites. D-t diagrams. Sampling in metamorphic rocks of Medvednica Mt. Oriented cutting and thin sections preparation. Determination of problem, possible approach, problem solving using oriented thin sections. Seminar.

Izborni kolegiji za Mineralogiju i petrologiju (ljetni semestar) - Regular study - Geology

Izborni kolegiji za Mineralogiju i petrologiju (ljetni semestar) - Regular study - Geology