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XIV, 568 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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0632016167
Series Statement:
Geological Society special publication 30
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Alkaline igneous rocks may be defined as those which have higher concentrations of alkalis than can be accommodated in feldspars alone, the excess appearing as feldspathoids, sodic pyroxenes, sodic amphiboles and other alkali-rich phases. These rocks are, therefore, deficient in silica and/or alumina with respect to alkalis and will have nepheline and/or acmite in their norms. In practice the term ‘alkaline’ is used to encompass a wide range of igneous rocks, not all of which conform to this rigid definition. Carbonatites, for example, are certainly silica-deficient but are rarely alkali-rich. True (nepheline-normative) alkali basalts grade into hypersthene-normative transitional basalts without any obvious change in mineralogy. Since transitional basalts are often closely associated with alkali basalts in the field, they are traditionally regarded as alkaline. It is now usual practice to define alkaline igneous rocks simply in terms of their alkali (Na2O + K2O) and silica contents (see, for example, Le Bas et al. 1986). We have not attempted to review the classification of alkaline igneous rocks in this volume as this has been dealt with elsewhere (e.g. Sørensen 1974; Streckeisen 1967, 1980). The only alkaline rocks not covered in previous reviews are those hydrous mafic to ultramafic hypabyssal rocks known as the lamprophyres. The present volume includes three papers on this group. A comprehensive overview of lamprophyres is given by Rock and of the sub-group of lamproites by Bergman. The relationship between lamproites and kimberlites (which arguably belong to the lamprophyres) is discussed by Dawson.
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J. G. Fitton and B. G. J. Upton: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:ix-xiv, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.01 ---
D. K. Bailey: Mantle metasomatism—perspective and prospect / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:1-13, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.02 ---
Martin Menzies: Alkaline rocks and their inclusions: a window on the Earth’s interior / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:15-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.03 ---
A. D. Edgar: The genesis of alkaline magmas with emphasis on their source regions: inferences from experimental studies / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:29-52, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.04 ---
M. J. Le Bas: Nephelinites and carbonatites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:53-83, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.05 ---
James D. Twyman and John Gittins: Alkalic carbonatite magmas: parental or derivative? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:85-94, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.06 ---
J. B. Dawson: The kimberlite clan: relationship with olivine and leucite lamproites, and inferences for upper-mantle metasomatism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:95-101, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.07 ---
Steven C. Bergman: Lamproites and other potassium-rich igneous rocks: a review of their occurrence, mineralogy and geochemistry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:103-190, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.08 ---
Nicholas M.S. Rock: The nature and origin of lamprophyres: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:191-226, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.09 ---
David A. Clague: Hawaiian alkaline volcanism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:227-252, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.10 ---
Barry L. Weaver, David A. Wood, John Tarney, and Jean Louis Joron: Geochemistry of ocean island basalts from the South Atlantic: Ascension, Bouvet, St. Helena, Gough and Tristan da Cunha / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:253-267, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.11 ---
Chris Harris and Simon M.F. Sheppard: Magma and fluid evolution in the lavas and associated granite xenoliths of Ascension Island / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:269-272, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.12 ---
J. G. Fitton: The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic and continental alkaline volcanism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:273-291, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.13 ---
B.H. Baker: Outline of the petrology of the Kenya rift alkaline province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:293-311, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.14 ---
R. Macdonald: Quaternary peralkaline silicic rocks and caldera volcanoes of Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:313-333, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.15 ---
A. R. Woolley and G. C. Jones: The petrochemistry of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline province, Malawi / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:335-355, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.16 ---
P. Bowden, R. Black, R. F. Martin, E. C. Ike, J. A. Kinnaird, and R. A. Batchelor: Niger-Nigerian alkaline ring complexes: a classic example of African Phanerozoic anorogenic mid-plate magmatism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:357-379, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.17 ---
J. P. Liégeois and R. Black: Alkaline magmatism subsequent to collision in the Pan-African belt of the Adrar des Iforas (Mali) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:381-401, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.18 ---
C. J. N. Fletcher and B. Beddoe-Stephens: The petrology, chemistry and crystallization history of the Velasco alkaline province, eastern Bolivia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:403-413, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.19 ---
Daniel S. Barker: Tertiary alkaline magmatism in Trans-Pecos Texas / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:415-431, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.20 ---
G. Nelson Eby: The Monteregian Hills and White Mountain alkaline igneous provinces, eastern North America / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:433-447, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.21 ---
B.G.J. Upton and C.H. Emeleus: Mid-Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in southern Greenland: the Gardar province / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:449-471, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.22 ---
Lotte Melchior Larsen and Henning Sørensen: The Ilímaussaq intrusion—progressive crystallization and formation of layering in an agpaitic magma / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:473-488, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.23 ---
T. F. D. Nielsen: Tertiary alkaline magmatism in East Greenland: a review / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:489-515, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.24 ---
Hilary Downes: Tertiary and Quaternary volcanism in the Massif Central, France / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:517-530, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.25 ---
L. N. Kogarko: Alkaline rocks of the eastern part of the Baltic Shield (Kola Peninsula) / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 30:531-544, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1987.030.01.26
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