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Origins of Igneous Layering

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Editors:
  1. Ian Parsons

    1. Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 196)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages ii-xxiii
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  2. Layering in the Ilimaussaq Alkaline Intrusion, South Greenland

    • Henning Sørensen, Lotte Melchior Larsen
    Pages 1-28

  3. Layering, Compaction and Post-Magmatic Processes in the Klokken Intrusion

    • Ian Parsons, Susanne M. Becker
    Pages 29-92

  4. Gabbroic, Syenogabbroic and Syenitic Cumulates of the Tugtutôq Younger Giant Dyke Complex, South Greenland

    • B. G. J. Upton
    Pages 93-123

  5. A Large Soft-Sediment Fold in the Lilloise Intrusion, East Greenland

    • P. E. Brown, A. D. Chambers, S. M. Becker
    Pages 125-143

  6. The Southern Part of the Fongen-Hyllingen Layered Mafic Complex, Norway: Emplacement and Crystallization of Compositionally Stratified Magma

    • J. Richard Wilson, Julian F. Menuge, Svend Pedersen, Ole Engell-Sørensen
    Pages 145-184

  7. Layering and Related Structures in the Duke Island and Skaergaard Intrusions: Similarities, Differences, and Origins

    • T. N. Irvine
    Pages 185-245

  8. Rhythmic Layering of the Skaergaard Intrusion

    • Sven Maaløe
    Pages 247-262

  9. The Rhum Layered Complex, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

    • C. H. Emeleus
    Pages 263-286

  10. The Organization and Internal Structure of Cyclic Units in the Honningsvåg Intrusive Suite, North Norway: Implications for Intrusive Mechanisms, Double-Diffusive Convection and Pore-Magma Infiltration

    • B. Robins, L. Haukvik, S. Jansen
    Pages 287-312

  11. The Formation of Stratiform PGE Deposits in Layered Intrusions

    • A. J. Naldrett, G. Cameron, G. von Gruenewaldt, M. R. Sharpe
    Pages 313-397

  12. The Development of Compositional and Textural Layering in Archaean Komatiites and in Proterozoic Komatiitic Basalts from Cape Smith, Québec, Canada

    • Jean H. J. Bédard
    Pages 399-418

  13. Some Illustrations of Igneous Layering

    • Ian Parsons
    Pages 419-436

  14. Constitutional Zone Refining of Layered Intrusions

    • Alexander R. McBirney
    Pages 437-452

  15. Pattern Formation During Crystallization and the Formation of Fine-Scale Layering

    • A. E. Boudreau
    Pages 453-471

  16. Textural Equilibrium in Layered Igneous Rocks

    • Robert H. Hunter
    Pages 473-503

  17. Solidification Contraction: Another Approach to Cumulus Processes and the Origin of Igneous Layering

    • Jon Steen Petersen
    Pages 505-526

  18. Laboratory Experiments with Aqueous Solutions Modelling Magma Chamber Processes. I. Discussion of Their Validity and Geological Application

    • R. Stephen, J. Sparks, Herbert E. Huppert
    Pages 527-538

  19. Laboratory Experiments with Aqueous Solutions Modelling Magma Chamber Processes II. Cooling and Crystallization along Inclined Planes

    • Herbert E. Huppert, R. Stephen J. Spark, J. Richard Wilson, Mark A. Hallworth, Alison M. Leitch
    Pages 539-568

  20. Experimental Modelling of Interstitial Melt Convection in Cumulus Piles

    • S. R. Tait, R. C. Kerr
    Pages 569-587
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Acknowledgements xix pioneering workers on igneous layering in Greenland xx Wbrkshop participants xxii Henning Sfl!rensen, University of Copenhagen, Dermark. Latte Melchior Larsen, Geological SUrvey of Greenland, Copenhagen, Dermark. Abstract 1 1 • Introduction 1 1. 1 The agpaitic rocks of the Ilimaussaq intrusion 3 2. Igneous layering in the Ilimaussaq intrusion 4 3. Mineralogy of the layered kakortokite series 15 4. Chemistry of the layered kakortokite series 19 5. Origin of the kakortokite layering 20 5. 1 Discussion 22 6. Conclusion 25 References 26 2. I. AYERn«;r CCMPl\CTIOO NID PCBJ. "--MN}tATIC ~ IN '!HE KLOKKEN INTRUSIOO 29 Ian Parsons and SUsanne M. Becker, University of Aberdeen, U. K. Abstract 29 1. Introduction 30 2. Age of the intrusion 31 3. General structure and mineral variation 31 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. 1 Nomenclature of rock types 31 3. 2 Bulk chemical and modal variation 36 4. The contacts and wall-rocks 37 4. 1 Guter contact 37 4. 2 The gabbro sheath 37 4. 3 The unlaminated syenite sheath 39 4. 4 The gabbro-syenite transition 41 5. The layered series 43 5. 1 General relationships 43 5. 2 Granular syenites 43 5. 2. 1 Structure and cryptic variation 43 5. 2. 2 Origin of granular layers 46 5. 2. 3 Trace elements and chamber dlinensions 47 5. 3 Laminated syenites 48 5. 3. 1 General features 48 5. 3. 2 Mineral layering 51 5. 3.

Reviews

`...one of the most important books about layered intrusions since Layered Igneous Rocks by Wagner and Brown.'
Economic Geology, 83:2 (1988)
`This book uniquely covers this range with an abundance of first-hand field observations and a good dose of process conceptualization, magma physics, and crystal growth kinetics. Three things set this book apart from most others in this vein: each paper is to the point, worth reading, and even worth studying; the abundant photographs are excellent, not only in choice but in reproduction, continually drawing one into the text; and a strong interawareness of field, experiment, and theory appears in nearly every paper. This book is a landmark publication, literally reeking of wonderful field observations and a host of well thought out and well presented ideas. Every serious igneous petrologist will want this book. It is simply excellent. Parsons has done a splendid job.'
EOS, September 1988

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

    Ian Parsons

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Origins of Igneous Layering

  • Editors: Ian Parsons

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2509-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2455-7Published: 30 April 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8435-4Published: 17 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2509-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 663

  • Topics: Mineralogy

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