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almahu_9949697535402882
Umfang:
1 online resource (402 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0-444-60148-1
Serie:
Developments in geochemistry ; 1
Anmerkung:
Front Cover; Fluids in the Earth's Crust; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PERMISSIONS; Table of Contents; GLOSSARY; Units; Frequently used symbols; Frequently used abbreviations of minerals; Chemical symbols and elements; CHAPTER 1. THE PROBLEM: FLUID MOTION, GEOCHEMICAL AND TECTONIC PROCESSES; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is a fluid?; 1.3 Rocks of the surface environment; 1.4 Evidence that rocks change position; 1.5 The dominant processes involved in burial and uplift; 1.6 Processes during uplift; 1.7 Simple evidence for the motion of fluids; 1.8 Mass relations - quantities
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1.9 Fluids dissolve and transport solids; 1.10 Is flow focussed?; CHAPTER 2. CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL FLUIDS; 2.1 Introduction - Water; 2.2 Observation on chemistry of natural fluids; 2.3 Concluding statement; CHAPTER 3. VOLATILE SPECIES IN MINERALS; 3.1 Water; 3.2 Carbon and carbon dioxide; 3.3 Chlorine; 3.4 Fluorine; 3.5 Sulphur; 3.6 Oxygen; 3.7 Nitrogen and inert gases; 3.8 Concluding statement; CHAPTER 4. SOLUBILITY OF MINERALS AND PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF THEIR SOLUTIONS; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Solubilities in simple binary systems; 4.3 Solubilities of naturally abundant gases in H2O
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4.4 The H2O-CO2 system; 4.5 Other binary gas systems; 4.6 Multicomponent gas mixtures as natural fluids; 4.7 Solubility of minerals in H2O and natural fluids; 4.8 Solubilities of carbonates in natural fluids; 4.9 Solubilities of other common natural salts - fluorite and sulphates; 4.10 Solubilities of silica minerals; 4.11 Solubilities of aluminous silicates and feldspars; 4.12 Controls on the solubility of rock-forming minerals; 4.13 Ionization in aqueous mineral solutions; 4.14 Solubilities of metal sulphides; 4.15 Solubility in alteration-controlled systems; 4.16 Concluding statement
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CHAPTER 5. RATES OF METAMORPHIC REACTIONS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Rates of reaction; 5.3 Rates of mineral dissolution in aqueous fluids; 5.4 Rates of nucleation and growth; 5.5 Rates of diffusion; 5.6 Rates and mechanisms of metamorphic reactions; 5.7 Metamorphic fluids and rates of reaction - Conclusions; CHAPTER 6. THE RELEASE OF FLUIDS FROM ROCKS DURING METAMORPHISM; 6.1 Introduction: Metamorphic processes; 6.2 Release of chemically-bound water during metamorphism; 6.3 Temperatures of natural mineral reactions; 6.4 Fluid pressures and rock pressures; 6.5 Dehydration at very high pressures
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6.6 Dehydration and metamorphic facies; 6.7 Mineral facies and progressive metamorphism of mafic rocks; 6.8 Fluid release during metamorphism of sediments; 6.9 Concluding statement; CHAPTER 7. CONTROLS OF FLUID COMPOSITION: BUFFER SYSTEMS AND MELTING; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Buffering of H2O and CO2 during rock-dominated metamorphism; 7.3 The behaviour of oxygen and hydrogen; 7.4 The behaviour of sulphur and sulphate; 7.5 The behaviour of halogens; 7.6 The behaviour of fluids during partial fusion; 7.7 Concluding statement; CHAPTER 8. EXPERIMENTAL ROCK DEFORMATION: THE STRENGTH OF ROCKS UNDER GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-41636-6
Sprache:
Englisch
