Magmas, Rocks and Planetary Development - A Survey of Magma/igneous Rock Systems

List of contents

1. Historical Account of Magma/Igneous Rocks Systems2. Classifying Materials in the Magma System3. Heat Flow and Planetary Interior4. Volancism and Planetary Development5. Partial Melting and Movement of Magma6. Evolution of Diverse Rock Associations7. Picrobasalts and Basalts8. Convergent Plate Margins and Their Magmas9. Granites - the Crusty Enigma10. Magmas and Rocks of the Midalkaline Suite11. Alkaline Magmatism12. Carbonatites13. Origins - the Role of Magma in Planetary Evolution.

About the author

Eric A.K. Middlemost

Summary

Providing an exposition of igneous rocks, magmas and volcanic erruptions, this text brings together magnetic and volcanic data with explanations of how they fit together. It systematically examines composition, origin and evolution of common igneous rocks.

Product details

• Authors: Eric A. K. Middlemost, Eric A.K. Middlemost
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138452732
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45273-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Petrology, Human Geography, Petrology, petrography and mineralogy