Courses	Files
Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism and Tectonics (April 2008) Brad Hacker & Max Schmidt	Brad Hacker Introduction Petrology at ultrahigh pressure Geochronology of UHP rocks Rheology at ultrahigh pressure Tectonic settings of UHPM Exhumation mechanism of UHP terranes Role of UHP tectonism in earth evolution Closing: controversies in UHP tectonism Max Schmidt Experimental techniques Melting of crustal materials at high pressure Carbonate at HP and CO2 recycling Fluids, melts, and supercriticality in the MSH system and element transport in subduction zone Mass balance related to UHP metamorphism in subduction zones
Magmatic volatiles and Melt inclusions (June 2009) Paul Wallace (Part 1-4) Adam Kent (Part 5-9)	Part 1 : Analytical Part 2 : Mafic melt inclusions Part 3 : Rhyolite volatile Part 4 : Solubility Part 5 : Introduction Part 6 : Melt Inclusion formation Part 7 : Melt Inclusion evolution Part 8 : Sample preparation and analysis Part 9 : Primitive basalts
Methods and Application of LA-ICPMS (January 2010) Thomas Pettke	Theory Applications Practical SILLS Program presentation References : Pettke T. (2006) Mineralogical Association of Canada, Short Course 36, Montreal, Quebec, p.51-80 Pettke T. (2008) Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course 40, Vancouver, B.C., p.128-217
Short course on igneous petrogenesis (April 2010) Tim Grove	Origin and evolution of mid-ocean ridge basalts Fractional crystallization, assimilation and magma mixing in crustal systems, shallow assimilation of granitic crust Generation of primary magmas in subduction zones Hydrous flux melting and ‘dry’ decompression melting in the mantle wedge Archean magma generation processes and crustal growth in the early Earth
Stable Isotopes Applied to Magmatic Rocks and Ore Deposits (January 2011) Ilya Bindeman (University of Oregon)	Stable Isotope Theory : Equilibrium Fractionation Stable Isotope Applications : High Temperatures References Valley, J. (2001) Stable Isotopes Thermometry at High Temperature Eiler, J.M. (2001) Oxygen Isotope Variations of Basaltic Lavas and Upper Mantle Rocks Bindeman, I. (2009) Oxygen Isotopes in Mantle and Crustal Magmas as Revealed by Single Crystals Analysis
Heavy Stable Isotopes Geochemistry (June 2011) Klaus Mezger Ben C. Reynolds Jan Wiederhold Thomas Nägler Nick Lloyd	Ben C. Reynolds & Jan Wiederhold Heavy stable isotope research in environmental science : Introduction Fractionation within biogeochemical cycles : terrestrial Si Tracing chemical weathering with heavy stable isotopes Stable Fe isotope fractionation in soils and plants Stable Hg isotopes Heavy stable isotopes in seawater References : Black 2008, Bopp 2009, Cameron 2009, Hughes 2011, Mathur 2009, Shi 2011, Yang 2010 Thomas Nägler Paleoredox conditions and the global Molybdenum cycle: the Mo isotope approach (part 1) Paleoredox conditions and the global Molybdenum cycle: the Mo isotope approach (part 2) Strontium vs. Calcium Nick Lloyd Instruments and techniques