Petrology

Petrology

Principles and Practice

Sen, Gautam

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

10/2016

368

Mole

Inglês

9783662511879

15 a 20 dias

This undergraduate textbook covers all aspects of this key subject by teaching the principles of petrology with applications to the origin, composition, and field relationships of rocks. It features advanced study boxes that target specific case studies.
Preface.- Introduction.- Introduction to Igneous Rocks.- Phase relations in simple systems: Key to magma generation, crystallization, and mixing.- Phase Relationships in Ternary Systems.- Magma formation and segregation.- Igneous Rock Series: Basalt Magma Evolution.- Basalt Magma Generation: Perspectives from Experimental Petrology.- Basaltic Magmatism at Mid-Oceanic Ridges and Hawaiian Hot Spot.- Large Igneous Provinces: Deccan Traps and Columbia River Basalts.- Subduction Zone Magmas.- Alkaline and Ultra-Alkaline Rocks, Carbonatites, and Kimberlites.- Anorthosites and Komatiites.- Sediments.- Sedimentary Rocks.- Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks.- Metamorphic Facies, Reactions, and P-T-t Paths.- Appendix A: A Brief Introduction to Isotope Geochemistry.- Appendix B: Simplified CIPW Norm Calculation.
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