Petrogenesis and Experimental Petrology of Granitic Rocks

Author:   Wilhelm Johannes ,  Francois Holtz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   22
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9783642646713


Pages:   335
Publication Date:   01 October 2011
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Author:   Wilhelm Johannes ,  Francois Holtz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   22
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9783642646713


ISBN 10:   3642646719
Pages:   335
Publication Date:   01 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Geological Background.- 1.1 Granites and the Continental Crust.- 1.2 Chemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Some Important Granite Types.- 1.3 Granite Magmatism and the Formation of the Continental Crust.- 1.4 Granite and Water.- 2 The Haplogranite System Qz-Ab-Or.- 2.1 Beginning of Melting in the System Qz-Ab-Or at $$ {a_{{{H_2}0}}} = 1 $$ and Composition of Initial Melts.- 2.2 Dry Melting in the System Qz-Ab-Or.- 2.3 Melting in Subsystems (Dry and at $$ {a_{{{H_2}0}}} = 1 $$).- 2.4 Beginning of Melting at Ab-H20-CO2.- 2.5 Liquidus Phase Relationships.- 3 Properties of Hydrous Haplogranitic Melts.- 3.1 Water Solubility.- 3.2 Water Speciation in Aluminosilicate Melts, Models for Incorporation Mechanisms of Water and Implications.- 3.3 Viscosity and Rheological Properties of Granitic Melts and Magmas.- 3.4 Density of Hydrous Granitic Liquids.- 3.5 Diffusion of Major Elements and Water in Aluminosilicate Melts.- 3.6 Properties of Ascending Hydrous Magmas.- 4 Effects of Additional Aluminum and Minor Components in the System Qz-Ab-Or.- 4.1 Phase Relations in the System Qz-Ab-Or-Al2O3.- 4.2 Effect of Alumina on Solubility of H2O in the System Qz-Ab-Or- Al2O3.- 4.3 Effect of Phosphorus and Solubility of Accessory Minerals in Granitic Melts.- 4.4 Effect of Fluorine.- 4.5 Effect of Boron.- 4.6 Effect of Lithium.- 4.7 Contribution of Experimental Petrology to Case Studies of Peraluminous Leucogranites.- 5 Fe and Mg in Granitic Melts.- 5.1 The Role and Control of $$ {f_{{{O_2}}}} $$.- 5.2 Phase Equilibria Involving Ferromagnesian Minerals and Melt.- 5.3 Magnesium Content of Granitic Melts.- 5.4 Iron Content of Granitic Melts.- 5.5 Effect of Alumina on the Composition of Granitic Melts.- 5.6 Implications.- 6 The Tonalite System Qz-Ab-An.- 6.1. Onset of H2O-Saturated Melting in the Pure System Qz-Ab-An.- 6.2 Melting of Plagioclase, Kinetic Studies.- 6.3 Phase Equilibria in the System Qz-Ab-An- H2O.- 6.4 Phase Equilibria in the Peraluminous Tonalite System Qz-Ab-An-Al2O3-H2O.- 6.5 Formation of Tonalite in the Light of the Experimental Results.- 6.6 Experimental Investigations on Natural Tonalite.- 6.7 Constraints on the Origin of Archean Tonalite.- 6.8 Relevance of the Experimental Results.- 7 The Granite System Qz-Ab-Or-An.- 7.1 Beginning of Melting (Water Saturated) in the System Qz-Ab-Or-An.- 7.2 Melting of Plagiocase in the System Qz-Ab-Or-An.- 7.3 Hypersolidus Phase Relationships in the System Qz-Ab-Or-An.- 7.4 Kinetics of Subsolidus Reactions with Plagiocase.- 8 Experiments with Natural Granites and Related Rocks.- 8.1 Early Investigations.- 8.2 Comparison of Results Obtained in Model Systems and Natural Rocks.- 8.3 Melting and Crystallization Experiments Performed at Water Saturation.- 8.4 Melting Experiments Performed at Water Undersaturation.- 8.5 Summary of Experimental Findings and Conclusion.- 9 Formation of Granitic Magmas by Dehydration Melting.- 9.1 General Remarks.- 9.2 Dehydration Melting of Muscovite-Bearing Mineral Assemblages.- 9.3 Dehydration Melting of Biotite-Bearing Mineral Assemblages.- 9.4 Dehydration Melting in Amphibolites.- 9.5 Evolution of the Continental Crust by Dehydration Melting of Amphibolites and Tonalites.- Appendix: List of Abbreviations Used in the Text.- References.- Permission Statement.

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. ..a highly recommended summary of the up-to-date knowledge in the still controversially discussed field of experimentally based granite petrology. Simply said, the book is a MUST to everybody working with granites. J. of Petrology


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