Petrology Principles and Practice /

• Main Author: Sen, Gautam (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Mineralogy.; Earth Sciences.

This undergraduate textbook on the key subject of geology closely follows the core curriculum adopted by most universities throughout the world and is a must for every geology student. It covers all aspects of petrology, including not only the principles of petrology but also applications to the ori...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Igneous Rocks
• Phase relations in simple systems: Key to magma generation, crystallization, and mixing
• Phase Relationships in Ternary Systems
• Magma formation and segregation
• Igneous Rock Series: Basalt Magma Evolution
• Basalt Magma Generation: Perspectives from Experimental Petrology
• Basaltic Magmatism at Mid-Oceanic Ridges and Hawaiian Hot Spot
• Large Igneous Provinces: Deccan Traps and Columbia River Basalts
• Subduction Zone Magmas
• Alkaline and Ultra-Alkaline Rocks, Carbonatites, and Kimberlites
• Anorthosites and Komatiites
• Sediments
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
• Metamorphic Facies, Reactions, and P–T–t Paths.