Overview
- Contains large number of assemblage stability diagrams especially computed for this edition
- Provides well-explained diagrams in a clear context to field geology and metamorphic rocks
- Shows step-by-step advices how to study and analyze rocks from metamorphic terrains
Part of the book series: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment (STEGE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Aspects of Metamorphism
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This new edition of the classic textbook presents a large number of diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given set of metamorphic rocks may have formed. Other parameters that control metamorphic mineral assemblages are also discussed and pitfalls resulting from simplifications and generalizations are highlighted. The book discusses the most common metamorphic rock types, their nomenclature, structure and graphical representation of their mineral assemblages.
Part I defines basic principles of metamorphism, introduces metamorphic processes, geologic thermometry and barometry and defines metamorphic grade. Part II presents in a systematic way mineralogical changes and assemblages found in the most common types of metamorphic rocks. The computation of diagrams is based on recent advances in quantitative petrology and geochemistry. An extensive bibliography, including the key contributions and classic papers in the field, make it an invaluable source book for graduate students and professional geologists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
Authors: Kurt Bucher
Series Title: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12595-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12593-5Published: 28 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12595-9Published: 27 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2510-1307
Series E-ISSN: 2510-1315
Edition Number: 9
Number of Pages: XVI, 467
Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations, 122 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geology, Mineralogy, Geology