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Thermodynamics in Geology

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Oxford, England, September 17–27, 1976

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Donald G. Fraser

    1. Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford, England

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 30)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Geological Applications of High Temperature Reaction Calorimetry

    • Alexandra Navrotsky
    Pages 1-10

  3. Experimental Determination of the Mixing Properties of Solid Solutions with Particular Reference to Garnet and Clinopyroxene Solutions

    • Bernard J. Wood
    Pages 11-27

  4. Thermochemistry of Garnets and Aluminous Pyroxenes in the CMAS System

    • Robert C. Newton
    Pages 29-55

  5. Activity-Composition Relationships for Crystalline Solutions

    • R. Powell
    Pages 57-65

  6. Chemical Mixing in Multicomponent Solutions: An Introduction to the Use of Margules and Other Thermodynamic Excess Functions to Represent Non-Ideal Behaviour

    • John Grover
    Pages 67-97

  7. Determination of Atomic Occupancies

    • E. J. W. Whittaker
    Pages 99-113

  8. The Accuracy and Precision of Calculated Mineral Dehydration Equilibria

    • G. M. Anderson
    Pages 115-136

  9. Thermodynamics of Dehydration Equilibria

    • Niranjan D. Chatterjee
    Pages 137-159

  10. Fugacity and Activity of Molecular Species in Supercritical Fluids

    • John R. Holloway
    Pages 161-181

  11. Compositions and Thermodynamics of Metamorphic Solutions

    • Hans P. Eugster
    Pages 183-202

  12. The Significance of Fluid Inclusions in Metamorphic Rocks

    • Jacques Touret
    Pages 203-227

  13. The Stability of Phlogopite in the Presence of Quartz and Diopside

    • David R. Wones, Franklin C. W. Dodge
    Pages 229-247

  14. Opaque Minerals as Sensitive Oxygen Barometers and Geothermometers in Lunar Basalts

    • A. El Goresy, E. Woermann
    Pages 249-277

  15. Thermodynamic Properties of Molten Salt Solutions

    • O. J. Kleppa
    Pages 279-299

  16. Thermodynamic Properties of Silicate Melts

    • Donald G. Fraser
    Pages 301-325

  17. The Activities of Components in Natural Silicate Melts

    • J. Nicholls
    Pages 327-348

  18. The Thermodynamics of Trace Element Distribution

    • R. K. O’Nions, R. Powell
    Pages 349-363

  19. The Solubility of Calcite in Sea Water

    • Wallace S. Broecker, Taro Takahashi
    Pages 365-379

  20. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Metamorphism

    • George W. Fisher
    Pages 381-403
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About this book

It has long been realized that the mineral assemblages of igneous and metamorphic rocks may reflect the approach of a rock to chemical eCluilibrium during its formation. However progress in the application of chemical thermodynamics to geological systems has been hindered since the time of Bowen and the other early physical-chemical petrologists by the recurring Cluandary of the experimental geologist. His systems are complex and are experimentally intractable, but if they were not so refractory they would not be there to study at all. It is only recently that accurate measurements of the thermodynamic properties of pure, or at least well-defined minerals, melts and volatile fluid phases, combined with experimental and theoretical studies of their mixing properties, have made it possible to calculate the eCluilibrium conditions for particular rock systems. Much work is now in progress to extend the ranges of com­ position and conditions for which sufficient data exist to enable such calculations to be made. Moreover the routine availability of the electron microprobe will ensure that the demand for such information will continue to increase. The thermodynamic techniClues reCluired to apply these data to geological problems are intrinsically simple and merely involve the combination of appropriate standard state data together with corrections for the effects of solution in natural minerals, melts or volatile fluids.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Oxford, England

    Donald G. Fraser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thermodynamics in Geology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Oxford, England, September 17–27, 1976

  • Editors: Donald G. Fraser

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1252-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0834-2Published: 31 October 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1252-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 410

  • Topics: Geochemistry

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