Layered Intrusions
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Layered Intrusions

  1. 530 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Layered Intrusions

About this book

Written by leading experts in the field, this work summarises the important aspects relating to layered intrusions, with almost universal coverage of the subject.Each chapter is a complete review of a theme or specific geological intrusion. The first part of the book covers the general principles and processes which apply to all intrusions. Those chapters on individual intrusions concentrate on factual information.A detailed full colour geological map of the Skaergaard intrusion is also included.This book will appeal to a wide audience - university libraries, research students in igneous petrology, state organisations such as exploration companies - as well as being an ideal textbook for university courses on igneous petrology, and geochemistry and petrography.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Layered Intrusions
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contants
  5. Preface
  6. Foreword
  7. Chapter 1. Mechanisms of Formation of Igneous Layering
  8. Chapter 2. Fluid Dynamic Processes in Basaltic Magma Chambers
  9. Chapter 3. Texture Development in Cumulate Rocks
  10. Chapter 4. A Review of Mineralization in the Bushveld Complex and some other Layered Mafic Intrusions
  11. Chapter 5. The Skaergaard Intrusion
  12. Chapter 6. The Bushveld Complex
  13. Chapter 7. The Bjerkreim-Sokndal Layered Intrusion, Southwest Norway
  14. Chapter 8. Layered Intrusions of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA
  15. Chapter 9. The Fongen-Hyllingen Layered Intrusive Complex, Norway
  16. Chapter 10. Layered Alkaline Igneous Rocks of the Gardar Province, South Greenland
  17. Chapter 11. The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe
  18. Chapter 12. The Rum Layered Suite
  19. Chapter 13. The Stillwater Complex
  20. Chapter 14. The Windimurra Complex, Western Australia
  21. Author Index
  22. Subject Index