Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
ISBN-10
0070655790
ISBN-13
9780070655799
Series
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Category
Science / Earth Sciences / Geology
Pages
694
Language
English
Published
1960
Publisher
Mcgraw-hill
Authors
Francis J. Turner, John Verhoogen

Description

Principles of chemical equlibrium applied to rocks; Characteristics and classification of igneous rocks; Variation in associated igneous rocks; Crystallization of igneous minerals from silicate melts; Crystallization of basaltic and granitic magmas in the light of experimental data; The alkaline olivine-basalt volcanic association; Tholeiitic flood basalts and intrusive quartz diabases; Potash-rich volcanic rocks and the lamprophyres; Volcanic associations of orogenic regions; Basic and ultrabasic plutonic associations; The granite granodiorite plutonic association; Nepheline syenites, ijolites, and carbonatites; Pegmatites; Environment, origin and evolution of magmas; Scope of metamorphism and classification of metamorphic rocks; Chemical principles of metamorphism; Metamorphic zones and metamorphic facies; Facies of contact metamorphism; Facies of regional metamorphism; Chemical changes accompanying metamorphism; The fabric of metamorphic rocks; Special features of fabric of deformed rocks; Metamorphism in relation to magma and to orogeny.

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