Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology

By: Winter, John DMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Pearson Education India Noida 2015Edition: 2Description: 739pISBN: 9789332550407Subject(s): Metamorphic rocks Igneous rocks PetrologyDDC classification: 552.1
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Igneous petrology
Some fundamental concepts
Classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks
Textures of igneous rocks
Igneous stuctures and field relationships
An introduction to thermodynamics
The Phase Rule and One-and Two-component systems
Systems with more than two components
Chemical petrology: Major and minor elements
Chemical petrology II: Trace elements and isotopes
Mantle melting and the generation of Basaltic Magma
Magma diversity
Layered mafic intrusions
Mid-ocean ridge volcanism
Oceanic intraplate volcanism
Continental flood basalts
Subduction-related igneous activity, Part I: Island arcs
Subduction-related igneous activity, Part II: Continental arcs
Granitoid rocks
Continental alkaline magmatism
Anorthosites
II. Metamorphic petrology
An introduction to metamorphism
A classification of metamorphic rocks
Structures and textures of metamorphic rocks
Stable mineral assemblages in metamorphic rocks
Metamorphic facies and metamorphosed mafic rocks
Metamorphic reactions
Thermodynamics of metamorphic reactions
Metamorphism of Pelitic sediments
Metamorphism of calcareous and ultramafic rocks
Metamorphic fluids, mass transport, and metasomatism
Appendix A: Estimating the density and viscosity of slilicate melts
Appendix B: The CIPW Norm

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