Teaching
Kent C. Condie, Professor of Geochemistry

Courses I teach on a regular basis are as follows:

ERTH 319: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (igneous part)
Occurrence, classification, and origin of igneous rocks. Origin of magmas. Principles of metamorphism; classification of metamorphic rocks; metamorphic fabrics, and microstructures; metamorphic facies and interpretation of paleotectonic environments. Field trips (picture at right taken on field trip to Bandera Crater).

ERTH 463: Geology of the Colorado Plateau
Seminar class and one or more field trips into the Colorado Plateau emphasizing such features as young basaltic flows/cones of the Zuni volcanic field, volcanic necks of the Navajo field, stocks/laccoliths of the Henry Mountains, Laramide monoclines, Mesozoic stratigraphy/sedimentology, and geomorphology.

ERTH 468: Evolution of the Earth
Origin of the solar system and of the earth; the evolution of continents, atmosphere, and oceans; comparative planetary evolution; tectonic regimes in geologic history. Field trip required.

GEOL/GEOC 535: Crustal and Mantle Evolution
Origin and evolution of continents and evolution of the mantle.