Trace elements in magmas : a theoretical treatment

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Trace elements in magmas : a theoretical treatment

Denis M. Shaw ; edited for publication by Stuart Ross Taylor

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Studying the distribution of certain elements, present in very low concentrations in igneous and metamorphic rocks, can yield important clues about the rocks' origin and evolution. Trace elements do not give rise to characteristic minerals, but their behaviour can be modelled to provide historical information about the source magma. This book brings together the essential theory required to understand the behaviour of trace elements in magmas and magma-derived rocks. It presents a wide range of models and mechanisms which explain trace element distribution. Trace Elements in Magmas provides an excellent resource for graduate students, petrologists, geochemists and mineralogists, as well as researchers in geophysics and materials science.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Partition coefficients
  • 3. Crystallisation: basic trace element modelling
  • 4. Crystallisation: variation of mineral proportions, partition coefficients and fluid phase proportion
  • 5. Crystallisation assimilation, recharge and eruption
  • 6. Trace element evidence for crystallisation processes
  • 7. Melting: basic trace element modelling
  • 8. Melting: more complex processes
  • 9. Dynamic mantle melting
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA76759571
  • ISBN
    • 0521822149
    • 0521036348
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 243 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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