There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared. Methods for determining temperatures and pressures have become almost routine, and there is a wide appreciation that there is not a single temperat...

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Main Author:	Mason, Roger (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1991
Edition:	Second Edition
Subjects:	Earth Sciences Mineralogy Mineral Resources Earth sciences Mineral resources Metamorphose > Geologie Metamorphes Gestein
Online Access:	BTU01 Volltext
Summary:	There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared. Methods for determining temperatures and pressures have become almost routine, and there is a wide appreciation that there is not a single temperature and pressure of metamorphism, but that rocks may preserve, in their minerals, chemistry and textures, traces of their history of burial, heating, deformation and permeation by fluids. However, this excit ing new knowledge is still often difficult for non-specialists to understand, and this book, like the first edition, aims at enlightenment. I have concen trated on the interpretation of the plate tectonic settings of metamorphism, rather than following a geochemical approach. Although there is an impress ive degree of agreement between the two, I believe that attempting to discover the tectonic conditions accompanying rock recrystallization will more readily arouse the interest of the beginner. I have used a series of case histories, as in the first edition, drawing on my own direct experience as far as possible. This m
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (X, 230 p)
ISBN:	9789401725903
DOI:	10.1007/978-94-017-2590-3