This course consists of lectures and discussion of papers on layered igneous intrusions.  The course will focus on understanding mechanisms and processes, with examples taken from the layered intrusion literature.  We will also learn to model how complex processes using numerical models of crystallizing systems to see how complex behavior can arise from the interplay of simple deterministic equations.

Lecture topics

- Overview of layered intrusions

- Definitions

- Phase diagram considerations

- Evidence for in situ crystal growth and crystal settling in layered intrusions (e.g., Campbell; McBirney and Noyes)

- Processes:

          - Nucleation and crystal growth (e.g., Brandeis and Jaupart)

          - Crystal aging and pattern formation (e.g. Ortoleva)

- Double diffusive convection in magma chamber - yes (e.g., Irvine) or no (e.g., McBirney)

- Intercumulus liquid convection (e.g., Tait and Jaupart)

- Compaction and textural equilibration (e.g., Hunter; Mckenzie)

- Infiltration metasomatism (e.g., Irvine)

- Volatiles and fluid-liquid-solid reactions in crystal piles (e.g., Boudreau)

- An introduction to numerical modeling and applications to the study of layered intrusions.