Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks by WINKLER.

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Main Author: WINKLER (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1976.
Edition:1st ed. 1976.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mineralogy.
Sedimentology.
Geochemistry.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Definition and Types of Metamorphism
  • 2. From Diagenesis to Metamorphism
  • 3. Factors of Metamorphism
  • General Considerations
  • The Composition of the Fluid Phase
  • Directed Pressure
  • 4. Mineral Parageneses: The Building Blocks of Metamorphic Rocks
  • 5. Graphical Representation of Metamorphic Mineral Parageneses
  • Composition Plotting
  • ACF Diagram
  • A’FK Diagram
  • How Are ACF and A’FK Diagrams Used?
  • AFM Diagrams
  • 6. Classification Principles: Metamorphic Facies versus Metamorphic Grade
  • 7. The Four Divisions of Metamorphic Grade
  • General Considerations
  • The Terms Isograd and Isoreaction-Grad
  • The Division of Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism
  • The Division of Low-Grade Metamorphism
  • The Change from Low-Grade to Medium-Grade Metamorphism
  • The Change from Medium-Grade to High-Grade Metamorphism
  • Granulite—High Grade; Regional Hypersthene Zone
  • Pressure Divisions of the Metamorphic Grades
  • Problems with the Al2SiO5 Species
  • 8. General Characteristics of Metamorphic Terrains
  • Metamorphic Zones in Contact Aureoles
  • Metamorphic Zones in Regional Metamorphism
  • Paired Metamorphic Belts
  • 9. Metamorphic Reactions in Carbonate Rocks
  • General Considerations
  • Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomitic Limestones
  • Formation of Wollastonite
  • Metamorphism of Carbonates at Very High Temperature and Very Low Pressure
  • 10. Metamorphism of Marls
  • Plagioclase & Calcite Assemblages
  • Vesuvianite
  • 11. Metamorphism of Ultramafic Rocks: Systems MgO-SiO2-CO2-H2O and MgO-CaO-SiO2-H2O
  • 12. Metamorphism of Mafic Rocks
  • Transformations Except Those of Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism at Low Pressures
  • Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism at Low Pressures
  • Evaluation of Metamorphic Changes at Very-Low Grade
  • The Role of CO2 in Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism
  • 13. Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism of Graywackes
  • 14. Metamorphism of Pelites
  • General Statement
  • Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks at Very-Low and Low-Grade
  • Metamorphism of Pelitic Rocks at Medium- and High-Grade
  • 15. A Key to Determine Metamorphic Grades and Major Isoreaction-Grads or Isograds in Common Rocks
  • Very-Low-Grade Metamorphism
  • Low-Grade
  • Medium- and High-Grade
  • Geothermometers and Geobarometers
  • Sequences of Isoreaction-Grads or Isograds
  • 16. Regional Hypersthene Zone (Granolite High Grade)
  • Nomenclature and Mineralogical Features of “Granulites”
  • Metamorphism of Granolites and Related Granoblastites
  • Petrogenetic Considerations
  • 17. Eclogites
  • 18. Anatexis, Formation of Migmatites, and Origin of Granitic Magmas
  • Anatexis: General Considerations
  • Experimental Anatexis of Rocks Composed of Alkali Feldspar, Plagioclase, and Quartz
  • Experimental Anatexis of Rocks Composed of Plagioclase and Quartz but Lacking Alkali Feldspar
  • Formation of Migmatites
  • Formation of Granitic Magmas by Anatexis
  • Appendix: Nomenclature of Common Metamorphic Rocks
  • Names of Important Rock Groups
  • Prefixes
  • Classification.

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