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This work covers the subject of the petrology of the metamorphic rocks, including such subjects as rock and mineral compositions and their relationship, metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions, dynamic metamorphism, extra-terrestrial metamorphism and metamorphism in collision zones. The book uses examples of the field relationships of metamorphic rocks and their appearance in thin section; discusses the thermodynamic and analytic methods concerned; describes methods for determining the temperatures and deformations of the rocks and demonstrates how thermodynamic modelling enables them to be interpreted as the outcome of plate tectonics.

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Author:   R. Mason
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2nd ed. 1990
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9780045520282

ISBN 10:   0045520283
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   31 October 1990
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- Definition.- The processes of metamorphism.- The three field categories of metamorphic rocks.- Studying thin sections of metamorphic rocks.- Laboratory study of metamorphic rocks.- Why study metamorphic rocks?.- 2 Rock and mineral compositions, and their relationship.- Classification of metamorphic rocks.- Chemical compositions of metamorphic rocks.- The Phase Rule.- Recognition of equilibrium in metamorphic rocks.- Composition - assemblage diagrams.- Metamorphic textures.- Metamorphic facies.- Thermotectonic modelling.- 3 Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions.- The Skiddaw contact aureole, Cumbria, England.- The Beinn an Dubhaich aureole, Isle of Skye, Scotland.- Compositions of fluids in contact metamorphism.- Thermal models of contact metamorphism.- 4 Dynamic metamorphism.- The Mutki granitic mylonite, Turkey.- The Lochseiten Mylonite, Switzerland.- Dynamic metamorphism in relation to depth.- 5 Metamorphism associated with lithospheric extension.- Metamorphism at spreading oceanic ridges.- Metamorphism in sedimentary basins.- 6 Metamorphism in subduction zones.- 7 Metamorphism in collision zones.- Metamorphic evolution of pelitic rocks of Connemara, Ireland.- The Sulitjelma copper-mining district, Norway and Sweden.- 8 Metamorphism in stable continental crust.- Metamorphism in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, China.- Pyroxene gneisses of northwestern Scotland.- The Adirondack Mountains, New York State, USA.- Heat flow and thermal gradients in continental crust.- 9 Metamorphic rocks of the mantle.- 10 Extraterrestrial metamorphism.- Impact metamorphism.- Shock metamorphism at the Noerdlinger Ries crater, Germany.- Metamorphism in Moon rocks.- References.

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