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Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frost, Bryce Ronald
Other Authors: Frost, Carol D.
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to igneous petrology
  • An introduction to igneous phase diagrams
  • Introduction to silicate melts and magmas
  • The chemistry of igneous rocks
  • Basalts and mantle structure
  • Oceanic magmatism
  • Convergent margin magmatism
  • Intracontinental volcanism
  • Intracontinental plutonism
  • Interpretation of granitic rocks
  • Introduction to metamorphic petrology
  • Interpretation of metamorphic phase diagrams
  • Metamorphic facies and the metamorphism of mafic rocks
  • Thermobarometry and the conditions of metamorphism
  • Metamorphism of peridotitic rocks
  • Metamorphism of pelitic rocks
  • Metamorphism of calcareous rocks and the role of fluids in metamorphism
  • Regional occurrence and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks.