Grapes Pyrometamorphism

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-29454-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 277 Seiten

Pyrometamorphism occurs at very high temperatures (800 - > 1000 °C) and low pressures (< 2 kb) and typically results in the formation of 'burnt' and fused rocks termed buchites, paralavas, clinkers and fulgarites. It is typically associated with shallow basaltic intrusions (contact aureoles, xenoliths,) combustion of carbonaceous matter, lightning strikes, and is also found in meteorites. During pyrometamorphism, the sequence of heating and cooling is greatly condensed favouring the preservation of a variety of stranded reaction microstructures that reflect disequilibrium reaction kinetics with metastable and mineral crystallisation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grapes, Rodney

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Acknowledgements;7
3;Contents;8
4;1 Introduction;10
5;2 Thermal Regimes and Effects;19
6;3 Quartzofeldspathic Rocks;49
7;4 Calc-Silicates and Evaporates;122
8;5 Mafic Rocks;174
9;6 Anthropogenic Pyrometamorphism;198
10;7 Metastable Mineral Reactions;226
11;References;260
12;Index;275