Petrology

Petrology examines rocks as records of Earthâ€™s internal and surface processes. Students study igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks to understand how materials form, change, melt, crystallize, compact, deform, and preserve evidence of past environments and tectonic conditions.

Igneous Petrology

Study rocks formed from molten material, including magma generation, cooling, crystallization, volcanic activity, and intrusive rock formation.
Sedimentary Petrology

Examine rocks formed from sediments through weathering, transport, deposition, compaction, cementation, and environmental change.
Metamorphic Petrology

Explore how existing rocks transform under heat, pressure, fluids, and tectonic stress without fully melting.

Petrology

Igneous Petrology

Sedimentary Petrology

Metamorphic Petrology