Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology /
ix, 303 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Content notes : 1. Introduction to igneous petrology --
2. An introduction to igneous phase diagrams --
3. Introduction to silicate melts and magmas --
4. The chemistry of igneous rocks --
5. Basalts and mantle structure --
6. Oceanic magmatism --
7. Convergent margin magmatism --
8. Intracontinental volcanism --
9. Intracontinental plutonism --
10. Interpretation of granitic rocks --
11. Introduction to metamorphic petrology --
12. Interpretation of metamorphic phase diagrams --
13. Metamorphic facies and the metamorphism of mafic rocks --
14. Thermobarometry and the conditions of metamorphism --
15. Metamorphism of peridotitic rocks --
16. Metamorphism of pelitic rocks --
17. Metamorphism of calcareous rocks and the role of fluids in metamorphism --
18.Regional occurrence and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks--
References--
Index. Metamorphic rocks.
