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Determination of Structural Successions in Migmatites and Gneisses

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  1. A. M. Hopgood

    1. Department of Geology, University of St Andrews, Scotland

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. General Characteristics of Migmatites and Migmatite Terranes

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    Pages 1-18

  3. Principles of Structural Analysis of Migmatites

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    Pages 19-35

  4. Development of Migmatite Structure: Overprinting

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    Pages 37-58

  5. The Role of Structures Interposed in the Succession

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    Pages 59-83

  6. Fold (Structure) Successions and Deformational Sequences

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    Pages 85-117

  7. Correlation

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    Pages 119-152

  8. Characteristic Features of Structure Successions

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    Pages 153-172

  9. Principles of Succession Determination

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    Pages 173-195

  10. Field Approach: Reconnaissance and Detailed Study

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    Pages 197-213

  11. Structural Observation

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    Pages 215-246

  12. Examples of Complex Structural Relationships

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    Pages 247-269

  13. Principles and Practice of Determining Structural Successions Summarized

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    Pages 271-294

  14. Analytical Procedure Summarized

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    Pages 295-312

  15. Broad Applications

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    Pages 313-315

  16. Conclusions

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    Pages 317-320

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 321-346
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About this book

This is the first book to deal specifically with the procedures used in the analysis of structural relationships and the determination of structural successions in complexly deformed rocks such as migmatites and gneisses.

The establishment of structural successions enables: The rigorous control of the dating of specific events in the deformational history by constraining the sites of the dated rocks within the structural succession; 
The establishment of the time span of orogenic events throughout the structural succession, and the rate of orogenic processes;
Their comparison to be used as a basis for correlation between dismembered and separated crustal segments in continental reconstructions;
The resolution of the complex relationships between deformed ore bodies and host rocks in high grade terranes, and hence determination of the structural control of ore bodies, an essential part of any successful geological exploration, and a precondition to efficient exploitation.

With its new approach, and the use of practical field examples from various parts of the world, this highly illustrated work will form an invaluable reference resource for postgraduates, lecturers and researchers in the structural and isotope geology of high-grade metamorphic terranes, as well as for exploration and survey geologists working in the field.

Dr Alaric M. Hopgood who holds an Honorary Readership at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, was a Reader in the Department of Geology there until 1995.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, University of St Andrews, Scotland

    A. M. Hopgood

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Determination of Structural Successions in Migmatites and Gneisses

  • Authors: A. M. Hopgood

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4427-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-75800-3Due: 30 June 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5902-2Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4427-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 346

  • Topics: Structural Geology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry

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