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Author Frost, Bryce Ronald, 1947- author.

Title Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology / B. Ronald Frost (University of Wyoming), Carol D. Frost (University of Wyoming)
Edition Second edition
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Contents Introduction to igneous petrology -- An introduction to igneous phase diagrams -- Introduction to silicate melts and magmas -- The chemistry of igneous rocks -- Application of stable and radiogenic isotopes in petrology -- Basalts and mantle structure -- Oceanic magmatism -- Convergent margin magmatism -- Intracontinental volcanism -- Intracontinental plutonism -- Interpretation of granitic rocks -- Introduction to metamorphic petrology -- Interpretation of metamorphic phase diagrams -- Metamorphic facies and the metamorphism of mafic rocks -- Metamorphism of peridotitic rocks -- Metamorphism of pelitic rocks -- Metamorphism of calcareous rocks and the role of fluids in metamorphism -- Thermobarometry and the conditions of metamorphism -- Regional occurrence and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Igneous rocks.
Metamorphic rocks.
Petrology.
Physical geology.
igneous rock.
petrology.
Igneous rocks.
Metamorphic rocks.
Petrology.
Physical geology.
Form Electronic book
Author Frost, Carol D. (Carol Denison), author.
LC no. 2019035721
ISBN 9781108685047
1108685048