Course abstract

This course will be useful to Masters level students in Earth Sciences as it is an important tool of Research and will also be extremely useful for Research Scholars who want to use Fluid Inclusion techniques: • Basic concepts of what fluid inclusions are and their mechanism of entrapment in minerals – types of fluid inclusions, fluid inclusion petrography • Phase relations in various fluid mixtures (H2O + salt; H2O + gases) air thermodynamic analysis in relation to entrapment of different types inclusions in diverse geological environment • Basic principles of fluid inclusion microthermometry, retrieval of temperature-pressure data from fluid inclusion microthermometric data on diverse inclusion types • Computer modeling of fluid mixtures in the context of fluid inclusion research • Applications of fluid inclusion studies in the following environments: ore formation, metamorphism and progressive deformation of rocks. • Microanalytical techniques such as IR and Raman Spectrometry, LA ICP MS and other micrbeam techniques