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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Environments
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Front Matter
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Sources
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Keywords
About this book
Oceanic basalts are the most abundant rock type found at the earth's surface, and as such they have been the subject of considerable research, particularly since the concept of sea-floor spreading became widely accepted. This book provides a review of these rocks, first dicussing how we sample the ocean floor and what we know about the structure of the oceanic crust, followed by an overview of the various regional settings (Pacific crust, Atlantic crust, marginal basins, seamounts and islands) and finally examines the main processes (and their interactions) which prevail during the generation and emplacement of oceanic basalt magmas. This is a volume for geologists, geochemists and geophysicists and a source of reference for advanced undergraduate students and postgraduates in these disciplines.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Oceanic Basalts
Editors: P. A. Floyd
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3540-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1991
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-442-30411-9Published: 31 October 1991
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6571-6Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-3540-9Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 456
Topics: Economic Geology