1. You have one rock with lots of small crystals and another rock with a few big crystals. If all else is equal, which one has a higher nucleation rate?
2. What is the TA's first name?
3. Why is the pressure of metamorphism due solely to the weight of the overlying rocks and not on, say, lateral tectonic forces?
4. Why is the interior of the earth hotter than the surface?
5. What minerals are in a shale protolith to a schist?
6. What is the course policy for late problem sets?
7. How can you tell when a mineral grain has grown during or after deformation?
8. Other than pressure and temperature, what other processes control recrystallization?