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1 online resource |
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Front Cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- A matter of scale -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Metamorphic rock types -- 2. Pelitic rocks -- 3. Quartzites -- 4. Marbles -- 5. Calc-silicate rocks -- 6. Mixed sedimentary rocks -- 7. Conglomerates and breccias -- 8. Gneisses -- 9. Basaltic rocks, low and intermediate pressure -- 10. Blueschists -- 11. Eclogites -- 12. Ultramafic rocks -- 13. Contact metamorphic rocks -- 14. Rocks in fault zones -- Part 2: Metamorphic features |
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15. Foliation, cleavage, lineation16. Folds -- 17. Porphyroblasts, porphyroclasts, and augen -- 18. Boudins -- 19. Veins and hydrothermal alteration -- 20. Metasomatism -- 21. Partial melting and migmatites -- 22. Retrograde metamorphism -- Part 3: Relict pre-metamorphic features -- 23. Relict sedimentary features -- 24. Fossils in metamorphic rocks -- 25. Relict igneous features -- References -- Glossary of terms, rock types, and minerals |
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Preface About the author Acknowledgements A matter of scale1 Introduction The basics Pressure, temperature, and metamorphic grade Movement of rocks through P-T space Preserving the prograde assemblage Metamorphic field gradient Rock strain: foliation and lineation Chemical flux Recrystallization Summary and introduction to the following chapters Part 1: Metamorphic rock types 2 Pelitic rocks 3 Quartzites 4 Marbles 5 Calc-silicate rocks 6 Mixed sedimentary rocks 7 Conglomerates and breccias8 Gneisses 9 Basaltic rocks, low and intermediate pressure 10 Blueschists 11 Eclogites 12 Ultramafic rocks |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Metamorphic rocks -- Pictorial works
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NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals.
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Metamorphic rocks
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315761411 |
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1315761416 |
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