Call number:
MR 22.94931
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XII, 394 Seiten
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Illustrationen, graphische Darstellungen, Karten
ISBN:
0-387-90196-5
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3-540-90196-5
Language:
English
Note:
1 Energetic basis
General relations
Equations of state and chemical potential of pure gases, liquids, and solids
Phases of variable composition
Reactions and equations of equilibrium
The Gibbs phase rule
Effect of gravitational field
Kinetics
2 Equilibrium of mineral systems
One-component transitions
Univariant transformations of solids
Univariant reactions involving gases
The system CaO-MgO-CO₂
Exchange equilibria
The distribution of minor elements
Coupled equilibria involving solid solutions and gases
Intrinsic and extrinsic stability
Ionic processes
Crystal-melt equilibria
3 Kinetics of mineral systems
General
Quasiequilibrium processes in a temperature gradient
Quasiequilibrium processes under isothermal conditions
Crystal kinetics
Kinetics of dissociation
Kinetics of complex heterogeneous reactions
Kinetics of rock deformation
4 Classifications of rocks
Chemical classification
Mineral facies classification
Relation between bulk chemistry and mineral composition
5 Chemical and petrogenetic processes in space
Solids in space
The problem of the origin of the solar system
Condensation from a gas of solar composition
The effect of nonequilibrium ionization
System O-Si-Mg-Fe-Ni-P
6 Meteorites
General characteristics
The dating of events in meteorite history
Classification schemes
Mineralogy
Petrography of the chondrites
Bulk chemical characteristics
Prior's rules
Oxidation and hydration states of meteorites
Carbon reactions in meteorites
Reactions involving sulfur and phosphorus compounds in meteorites
Element distributions in meteorites
Mechanisms of liquidus crystallization for the chondrites
Origin of the metallic components of chondrites
Pressure of formation of meteorites
Origin of meteorites : a critique of theories and hypotheses
7 The terrestrial planets
Gross physical and chemical characteristics
Origin and evolution
Chemistry and petrology of Venus
The atmosphere and surface of Mercury
Mars
The Moon
Comparative planetology
8 Metamorphism and metamorphic mechanisms
Introduction
Origin of microstructures and textures
Kinetic aspects of crystallization
Rates of metamorphic reactions
Mineral orientation
Origin of macrostructures
Origin of compositional variations
Summary
9 Metamorphic minerals
Experimental appraisal of the stability of minerals
Theoretical analysis of stabilities of crystalline solutions
10 Metamorphic mineral facies
Diagenesis and metamorphism; the zeolite and lawsonite facies
Greenschist facies
Amphibolite facies
Granulite facies
11 Experimental and theoretical study of metamorphic systems
Geometric analysis of phase equilibria
Method of interpreting metamorphic assemblages
The system K₂O-MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O
Assemblages with staurolite
The system SiO₂-K₂O-Al₂O₃-FeO-MgO-H₂O in transition from amphibolite to granulite facies
Anthophyllite-gedrite pelitic rocks
The system CaO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂-H₂O
Assemblages with cordierite in the granulite facies
The charnockite assemblage
Magnesian, calcic, and carbonate rocks
Metamorphism of ultramafic rocks
The iron formations
Rocks of high pressure and controversial origin
12 Properties, origin, and environment of magmas
Structures of silicate melts
Solubilities of volatile components
Densities of magmas
Viscosities of magmas
Liquid Immiscibility
Origin of magmas
General features of the occurence of magmatic rocks
13 Differentiation and crystallization of magmas
The existence of rock series and their meaning
Homogeneous differentiation
Heterogeneous differentiation by separation of a fluid phase
Separation of a fluid phase in a crystallizing magma
Crystallization and heterogeneous differentiation in magmas
Subtraction and variation diagrams
14 Igneous plutons: Their physical chemistry and mode of occurence
The compositional fields of igneous rocks
General factors in the differentiation of basaltic magmas
Differentiated gabbroic complexes
Large calc-alkali plutonic complexes
The physical chemistry of calc-alkaline-type differentiation
Origin of calc-alkali magmas
Alkaline rocks
Assimilation and alteration of inclusions
Structural environment and mode of emplacement of igneous plutons
Plutonic rocks of complex origin
15 Volcanism and volcanic fluids
Introduction
Volcanic and hypabyssal mineralogy
Volcanoes and volcanic deposits
Volcanic fluids
References
Subject Index
Author Index
Location:
Upper compact magazine
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
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