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Origin of Igneous Rocks

The Isotopic Evidence

  • Textbook
  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Gunter Faure

    1. Faculty of Geological Sciences, 329 Mendenhall Lab, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  • Each chapter concludes with a summary in relation to global tectonic processes
  • Contains detailed subject index, author index, geological timescale and large number of current references
  • More than 400 original drawings

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Chemical Properties and Isotope Systematics

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 1-30

  3. The Origin of Volcanic Rocks in the Oceans

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 31-101

  4. Subduction Zones in the Oceans

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 103-156

  5. The Compressive Margin of the American Continents

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 157-187

  6. Continental Flood Basalt Provinces

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 189-279

  7. Alkalic Igneous Rocks on the Continents

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 281-350

  8. Differentiated Gabbro Intrusives

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 351-378

  9. Archean Greenstone Belts and Granitic Gneisses of North America

    • Gunter Faure
    Pages 379-399

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 401-496
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About this book

his book is intended for graduate students of the Earth Sciences who require a T comprehensive examination of the origins of igneous rocks as recorded by the isotope compositions of the strontium, neodymium, lead, and oxygen they contain. Students who have not had a formal course in the systematics of radiogenic isotopes can acquire a basic understanding of this subject by a careful study of Chap. 1. Addi­ tional information is readily available in a textbook by Faure (1986). The primary purpose of this book is to demonstrate how the isotope composition of Sr, Nd, Pb, and 0 in igneous rocks has been used to shed light on the origin of igneous rocks and hence on the activity of the mantle and on its interactions with the continental and oceanic crust. The presentations are based on the premise that igneous and metamorphic rocks form as a direct consequence of the dynamic processes of the mantle and of the re­ sulting interactions between the mantle and the crust. Accordingly, Chap. 2 to 6 ex­ amine specific types of igneous rocks that form in particular tectonic settings. Each of these chapters starts with questions about the properties of the mantle and crust, and about the relation between the tectonic setting and the rock-forming processes that take place in that setting.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Geological Sciences, 329 Mendenhall Lab, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Gunter Faure

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Origin of Igneous Rocks

  • Book Subtitle: The Isotopic Evidence

  • Authors: Gunter Faure

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04474-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-67772-7Published: 07 November 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08728-8Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04474-2Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 496

  • Topics: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineral Resources

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