The field description of igneous rocks /

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Autor principal: Jerram, Dougal
Otros Autores: Petford, Nick. C.
Formato: Desconocido
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction and Occurrence. 1.1. The Importance of Fieldwork
  • 1.2. The Global Picture – Igneous Rocks in Relation to Regional Tectonics
  • 1.3. Mode of Occurrence of Igneous Bodies
  • 2. Field Skills and Outcrop Structures. 2.1. Equipment
  • 2.2. Preparing Maps and Basic Mapping – 2.3. Notebooks and Data Recording
  • 2.4. Primary Outcrop Structures
  • 2.5. Secondary or Late Stage Outcrop Structures
  • 2.6. Outcrop Contact Relationships
  • 2.7. Summary of Igneous Outcrop Descriptions
  • 3. Igneous Textures and Classification. 3.1. Describing Rock Types
  • 3.2. Colour and Composition
  • 3.3. Texture, Grain-Size/Shape and Fabric
  • 3.4. Mineral Identification
  • 3.5. Naming and Classification – 4. Volcanics 1 – Lava Flows. 4.1. Lava Flow Emplacement Mechanisms
  • 4.2. A Compositional Divide for Lava Flows
  • 4.3 Mafic/Basaltic Lava Flows
  • 4.4. Felsic/Silicic Flows
  • 4.5. Pillow Lavas and Hyaloclastites
  • 5. Volcanics 2 – Pyroclastic Rocks. 5.1. Structures, Textures and Classification
  • 5.2. Pyroclastic Flows and Ignimbrites
  • 5.3. Scoria Cones
  • 5.4. Water/Magma and Sediment/Magma Interactions
  • 5.5. Epiclastic Deposits
  • 6. Shallow-Level Intrusions. 6.1. Sill and Dykes
  • 6.2. Working Out Emplacement History
  • 6.3. Volcanic Plugs and Diatremes
  • 6.4. High-Level Subvolcanic Intrusions
  • 7. Granitic Complexes. 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. General Features and Occurrence
  • 7.3. Zoned Plutons
  • 7.4. Internal Structures and Textures
  • 7.5. Internal Contacts
  • 7.6. Emplacement Timing
  • 7.7. Distinctive Granitoid Textures
  • 7.8. Metamorphic Aureoles
  • 7.9. Summary of the Field Characteristics of Granitic Complexes
  • 8. Mafic Complexes. 8.1. General Features and Occurrence
  • 8.2. Continental Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions
  • 8.3. Ophiolite Complexes
  • 8.4. Komatiites
  • 8.5. Summary of the Field Characteristics of Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions
  • 9. Magma Mixing and Mingling. 9.1. Magma Rheology
  • 9.2. Magma Mixing
  • 9.3. Magma Mingling
  • 9.4. Synplutonic Dykes and Sills
  • 9.5. Magma Mingling in Subvolcanic and Volcanic Environments
  • 9.6. Xenoliths
  • 9.7. A Word of Warning
  • 10. Mineralisation and Geotechnical Properties. 10.1. Mineralisation and Key Minerals
  • 10.2. Mineralisation in Layered Mafic Intrusions
  • 10.3. Geotechnical Properties of Igneous Rocks
  • 10.4. Rock Mass Classification.