Metamorphic petrology /

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Author / Creator:Miyashiro, Akiho
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Description:xii, 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1502358
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ISBN:0195210263
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. General Principles of Metamorphic Petrogenesis
  • 1. Introduction: Preliminary Ideas of Metamorphism
  • 2. A New Conceptual Basis for Metamorphic Petrology: Prograde and Progressive Metamorphism, Isograds, Isotherms and Isobars
  • 3. Thermodynamic Properties of Metamorphic Reactions
  • 4. Volatile Substances in Regional Metamorphism
  • 5. Composition-Paragenesis Diagrams
  • 6. Buffering of Intergranular Fluid and Infiltration of Externally Derived Fluid
  • Part II. Metamorphic Facies and Metamorphic Belts
  • 7. The Concept and System of Metamorphic Facies
  • 8. Classification of Regional Metamorphism Based on P/T Ratio
  • 9. Tectonothermal Evolution of Metamorphic Belts
  • 10. Changes of Paragenetic Relations and of Chemical Compositions of Solid-Solution Mineral in Metapelites with Temperature and Pressure
  • Part III. Individual Metamorphic Facies: Their Petrological and Mineralogical Characteristics
  • 11. Metamorphic Facies of Low- and Medium-P/T
  • 12. Metamorphic Facies Characteristic of High-P/T Regional Metamorphism
  • 13. Metamorphic Facies Characteristic of Contact Metamorphism