UID:
almahu_9948601034002882
Format:
X, 230 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
2nd ed. 1990.
ISBN:
9789401725903
Content:
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.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789048140015
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780045520275
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9789401725910
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-2590-3
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2590-3
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