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The evolution of the igneous rocks /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowen, Norman Levi, 1887-1956
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, [1956]
Subjects:
Bowen, Norman Levi, > 1887-1956 > Bibliography.
Igneous rocks.
Table of Contents:
  • The problem of the diversity of igneous rocks
  • Liquid immiscibility in silicate magmas
  • Fractional crystallization
  • Crystallization in silicate systems
  • The reaction principle
  • The fractional crystallization of basaltic magma
  • The liquid lines of descent and variation diagrams
  • The glassy rocks
  • Rocks whose composition is determined by crystal
  • The effects of assimilation
  • The formation of magmatic liquid very rich in potash feldspar
  • The alkaline rocks
  • Lamprophyres and related rocks
  • The fractional resorption of complex minerals and the formation of strongly femic alkaline rocks
  • Further effects of fractional resorption
  • The importance of volatile constitutents
  • Petrogenesis and the physics of the Earth
  • The classification of igneous rocks
  • General index
  • Index of systems
  • Index of components and the compounds of systems.