The origin of different kinds of igneous rocks can be understood in terms of their tectonic setting, and by way of the isotope compositions of strontium, neodymium, and lead. This book explains the petrogenesis of igneous rocks as a consequence of tectonic processes resulting from interactions between asthenopheric plumes and the overlying lithospheric mantle. The relevant principles of isotope geochemistry are explained in the first chapter, making it accessible for university students as well as professionals. The relevant isotopic data is presented in diagrammatic form. The book contains more than 400 original drawings.
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The origin of igneous rocks is now understood in considerable detail based on interpretations of mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
precaldera lavas, spheric mantle, lherzolite inclusions, granitic basement rocks, assimilated varying amounts, basanite lavas, pyroxenite inclusions, petrologic province, phonolite tephra, precaldera rhyolites, errorchron date, kaersutite crystals, simultaneous fractional crystallization, fossil plume, isochron date, assimilated rocks, asthenospheric plume, shoshonitic rocks, ultramafic inclusions, depleted magma sources, ducted oceanic crust, granulite inclusions, kali basalts, latite flows, basal peridotite Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North America, Pacific Ocean, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Red Sea, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria Land, Transantarctic Mountains, East Pacific Rise, New Zealand, Queen Maud Land, Lesser Antilles, Saudi Arabia, Snake River Plain, East Africa, South Africa, Aleutian Islands, Main Zone, New England, New Mexico, Columbia River, Afar Plume, Pacific Plate, Skaergaard Intrusion New!
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The origin of igneous rocks is now understood in considerable detail based on interpretations of mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
precaldera lavas, spheric mantle, lherzolite inclusions, granitic basement rocks, assimilated varying amounts, basanite lavas, pyroxenite inclusions, petrologic province, phonolite tephra, precaldera rhyolites, errorchron date, kaersutite crystals, simultaneous fractional crystallization, fossil plume, isochron date, assimilated rocks, asthenospheric plume, shoshonitic rocks, ultramafic inclusions, depleted magma sources, ducted oceanic crust, granulite inclusions, kali basalts, latite flows, basal peridotite Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, North America, Pacific Ocean, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Red Sea, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria Land, Transantarctic Mountains, East Pacific Rise, New Zealand, Queen Maud Land, Lesser Antilles, Saudi Arabia, Snake River Plain, East Africa, South Africa, Aleutian Islands, Main Zone, New England, New Mexico, Columbia River, Afar Plume, Pacific Plate, Skaergaard Intrusion New!
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