Screen LibraryIgneous petrology /
A balanced text that bridges the gap between introductory petrography-oriented texts and the more advanced texts that have a thermodynamic and/or chemical approach. Well-indexed, well-referenced and written in a particularly readable style, it leads the reader from classical to modern concepts in ig...
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Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; New York : New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1982. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Developments in petrology ;
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/01672894/7 |
| Summary: |
A balanced text that bridges the gap between introductory petrography-oriented texts and the more advanced texts that have a thermodynamic and/or chemical approach. Well-indexed, well-referenced and written in a particularly readable style, it leads the reader from classical to modern concepts in igneous petrology. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 551 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-519). |
| ISBN: |
9781483289694 1483289699 |
| Index Number: | QE461 |
| CLC: | P588.1 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Igneous Petrology; Copyright Page; Preface; Glossary; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. MINERALOGY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Chemical considerations; 1.3. Factors governing structures of silicate minerals; 1.4. Principles governing crystalline solution; 1.5. Nomenclature, composition, and paragenesis of igneous rock-forming minerals; 1.6. Recognition of minerals in thin section; CHAPTER 2. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Volcanic activity described by natural groupings; 2.3. Fragmental volcanic rocks; CHAPTER 3. FORMS AND STRUCTURES OF INTRUSIVE ROCKS. 3.1. Introduction3.2. Basic intrusions into continental crust; 3.3. Ophiolite association; 3.4. Subvolcanic and central complexes; 3.5. Deep-seated granitic rocks; 3.6. Features to map and sample in intrusive rocks; CHAPTER 4. CLASSIFICATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Presentation of compositional data; 4.3. Reflection of chemistry in mineralogy; 4.4. Classification; CHAPTER 5. PETROGRAPHY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Procedure; 5.3. A working vocabulary; CHAPTER 6. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF MAGMAS; 6.1. Physical properties of magma. 6.2. Kinetics of crystallization of magma6.3. Studies in the equilibrium crystallization of synthetic melts and their bearing on magmatic cooling history, igneous rock compositions and textures; CHAPTER 7. DIFFERENTIATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Differentiation processes within liquid magma; 7.3. Hybridization; 7.4. Assimilation; 7.5. Autometasomatism; 7.6. Crystal fractionation; CHAPTER 8. IGNEOUS ROCK SERIES; 8.1. Historical review; 8.2. Definition of terms; 8.3. Tholeiite and alkali basalt; 8.4. Thermodynamic basis of classification based on silica activity. 8.5. Basis of classification of igneous rock series followed in this book8.6. Useful parameters, indices and variation diagrams; 8.7. Complications affecting simple fractionation models; CHAPTER 9. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF OCEANIC AREAS; 9.1. Oceanic crust; 9.2. Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB); 9.3. Oceanic island tholeiites (OIT); 9.4. Alkali basalt series and basanites; 9.5. Highly alkaline rocks of oceanic islands; CHAPTER 10. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CONTINENTAL AREAS; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Kimberlites and related rocks; 10.3. Carbonatites; 10.4. Highly potassium-rich series. 10.5. Various alkaline series as exemplified by igneous activity in the Kenya dome .10.6. Igneous activity in the Afro-Arabian dome associated with plate separation . .; 10.7. Continental flood basalts mainly of tholeiitic composition; 10.8. Intrusive rocks of anorogenic continental terrain; 10.9. Conclusions; CHAPTER 11. IGNEOUS ROCKS ABOVE BENIOFF SEISMIC ZONES; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Variation among young SBZ volcanic rocks; 11.3. Plutonic rocks apparently formed during SBZ eruptive activity; CHAPTER 12. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF THE PRECAMBRIAN . .; 12.1. Introduction. |