Format:
Online Ressource (xiv, 393 pages)
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illustrations.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0444419675
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9780444419675
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9780080870717
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0080870716
Series Statement:
Elsevier oceanography series 33
Content:
Front Cover; Petrology of the Ocean Floor; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1. MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF OCEAN FLOOR ROCKS; CHAPTER 2. THE WORLD'S OCEANIC RIDGE SYSTEM; CHAPTER 3. ASEISMIC RIDGES; CHAPTER 4. THRUST-FAULTED REGIONS; CHAPTER 5. THE OCEAN BASINS AND SEAMOUNTS; CHAPTER 6. OCEANIC TRENCHES; CHAPTER 7. OCEANIC FRACTURE ZONES; CHAPTER 8. OCEAN FLOOR WEATHERING; CHAPTER 9. OCEAN FLOOR METAMORPHISM; CHAPTER 10. HYDROTHERMALISM IN THE OCEAN FLOOR; CHAPTER 11. DEUTERIC ALTERATION.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-387) and index. - Print version record
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Front Cover; Petrology of the Ocean Floor; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF OCEAN FLOOR ROCKS; Ultramafic rocks; Gabbroic rocks; Basalts; Rocks of granitic composition; Alkali-rich volcanics; Oceanic andesite; CHAPTER 2. THE WORLD'S OCEANIC RIDGE SYSTEM; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Mid-Indian Oceanic Ridge; East Pacific Rise; Comparison of the volcanics erupted on various active spreading ridges; Regional variations of volcanics along recent oceanic ridge segments; Compositional variation related to the spreading rate
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CHAPTER 3. ASEISMIC RIDGESIceland-Faeroe Ridge; Cocos and Carnegie Ridges; Ninety-East Ridge (Indian Ocean); Walvis Ridge; Sierra Leone Rise; Ceara Rise; Rio Grande Rise (Atlantic Ocean); Comparison of aseismic ridges and other oceanic provinces; CHAPTER 4. THRUST-FAULTED REGIONS; Macquarie Ridge; King's Trough; Palmer Ridge; Horseshoe Seamounts (Gorringe Bank); CHAPTER 5. THE OCEAN BASINS AND SEAMOUNTS; Indian Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Abyssal hills of the Pacific; Eastern Pacific Seamounts; CHAPTER 6. OCEANIC TRENCHES; Japan Trench; Marianas Trench; Tonga Trench
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Puerto Rico TrenchCHAPTER 7. OCEANIC FRACTURE ZONES; Problem of the recognition of intrusives; Fracture Zone "A" near 37°N; Rift Valley/Fracture Zone "A" intersection zone; Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone near 53°N; Oceanographer Fracture Zone; Romanche Fracture Zone; CHAPTER 8. OCEAN FLOOR WEATHERING; Weathering of extrusive flows; Chemical criteria for recognition of weathered rocks; Progressive weathering of the oceanic crust; Minerals of weathering; CHAPTER 9. OCEAN FLOOR METAMORPHISM; Metamorphism associated with diverging plates; Metamorphism associated with converging plates
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Metamorphism associated with intra-plate regionsFacies and Mineral assemblage of metamorphism; Cataclastic metamorphism; Origin of metamorphic rocks; CHAPTER 10. HYDROTHERMALISM IN THE OCEAN FLOOR; Regional distribution of hydrothermal deposits; Constituents of hydrothermal deposits; Criteria for the recognition of ocean floor hydrothermal deposits; Comparison of hydrothermal deposits with other metalliferous products; Basement rocks associated with the hydrothermal deposits; Origin of the hydrothermal deposits; Precipitation of the hydrothermal sediments; CHAPTER 11. DEUTERIC ALTERATION
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Minerals of deuteric alterationCHAPTER 12. INFERRED COMPOSITION OF THE OCEANIC CRUST AND UPPERMANTLE; Introduction; Depth of magma generation; Source material for basaltic magma; Origin of ultramafics from the ocean floor; Magmatic processes; Magma reservoir models; APPENDIX; Analytical procedures; Alteration of basaltic rocks; Crystallization index; Differentiation index; Physical properties; References; Subject index;
Additional Edition:
0444419675
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hékinian, R. (Roger), 1935- Petrology of the ocean floor Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co, 1982
Language:
English
Keywords:
Meeresboden
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Gesteinskunde
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Meeresgeologie
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Mittelozeanischer Rücken
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Störung
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Vulkanismus
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Meeresgeologie
;
Meeresboden
;
Gesteinskunde
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