Maria Giuditta Fellin: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2017 |
Name | Dr. Maria Giuditta Fellin |
Address | Inst. für Geochemie und Petrologie ETH Zürich, NW D 76.1 Clausiusstrasse 25 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
Telephone | +41 44 632 89 07 |
Fax | +41 44 632 11 79 |
giuditta.fellin@erdw.ethz.ch | |
Department | Earth Sciences |
Relationship | Lecturer |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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651-3600-00L | Microscopy of Rocks Fundamentals Only for Earth Sciences BSc, Programme Regulations 2016. Course with required attendance. Unexcused absence can lead to exclusion from the course. | 2 credits | 2P | M. W. Schmidt, M. G. Fellin | |
Abstract | Use of the polarizing microscope to indentify minerals and to give a rock its proper name. Application of the main optical properties to recognize and name the common rock-forming minerals and structures in magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. | ||||
Objective | Ready to use the polarisation microscope for a rock series as may e.g. be required in the BSc thesis. Ability to identify unknown minerals on the basis of their optical properies. | ||||
Content | see above | ||||
Lecture notes | Skript of ~50 pages as handout in 1st lecture | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | First course in microscopy. This course is required for all further microscopy courses. Presence is obligatory ! Obligatory homework | ||||
651-3602-00L | Microscopy of Rocks This course is only for Earth Sciences BSc students ETH from fourth semester onwards (Regl 2010) and for Earth System Sciences BSc students of UZH (if places available). BSc students Earth Sciences (BSc regl 2016) must register for the new microscopy course (651-3600-00L). Course with required attendance. Unexcused absence can lead to exclusion from the course. | 3 credits | 2P | M. W. Schmidt, M. G. Fellin, N. Mancktelow, V. Picotti | |
Abstract | Use of the polarizing microscope to indentify minerals and to give a rock its proper name. Application of the main optical properties to recognize and name the common rock-forming minerals and structures in magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. | ||||
Objective | Ready to use the polarisation microscope for a rock series as may e.g. be required in the BSc thesis. Ability to identify unknown minerals on the basis of their optical properies. | ||||
Content | see above | ||||
Lecture notes | Skript of ~50 pages as handout in 1st lecture | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | First course in microscopy. This course is required for all further microscopy courses. Presence is obligatory ! Obligatory homework |