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Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks

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  1. Roger Mason
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 1-17

  3. Rock and mineral compositions, and their relationship

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 18-56

  4. Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 57-93

  5. Dynamic metamorphism

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 94-106

  6. Metamorphism associated with lithospheric extension

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 107-128

  7. Metamorphism in subduction zones

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 129-137

  8. Metamorphism in collision zones

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 138-168

  9. Metamorphism in stable continental crust

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 169-190

  10. Metamorphic rocks of the mantle

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 191-198

  11. Extraterrestrial metamorphism

    • Roger Mason
    Pages 199-208

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 209-230
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About this book

There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta­ morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared. Methods for determining temperatures and pressures have become almost routine, and there is a wide appreciation that there is not a single temperature and pressure of metamorphism, but that rocks may preserve, in their minerals, chemistry and textures, traces of their history of burial, heating, deformation and permeation by fluids. However, this excit­ ing new knowledge is still often difficult for non-specialists to understand, and this book, like the first edition, aims at enlightenment. I have concen­ trated on the interpretation of the plate tectonic settings of metamorphism, rather than following a geochemical approach. Although there is an impress­ ive degree of agreement between the two, I believe that attempting to discover the tectonic conditions accompanying rock recrystallization will more readily arouse the interest of the beginner. I have used a series of case histories, as in the first edition, drawing on my own direct experience as far as possible. This m

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks

  • Authors: Roger Mason

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2590-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-04-552027-5Published: 31 October 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4001-5Published: 13 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-2590-3Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: X, 230

  • Topics: Mineralogy, Mineral Resources

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