Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

• Main Authors: Bucher, Kurt (Author), Grapes, Rodney (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Geophysics.; Geography.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geography, general.

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks presents a large number of diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given set of metamorphic rocks may have formed....

Table of Contents:

• Definition, Conditions and Types of Metamorphism
• Metamorphic Rocks
• Metamorphic Processes
• Metamorphic Grade
• Metamorphism of Ultramafic Rocks
•  Metamorphism of Dolomites and Limestones
• Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks (Metapelites)
• Metamorphism of Marls
• Metamorphism  of Mafic Rocks
• Metamorphism of Quartzofeldspathic Rocks.