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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface to the second edition
• Preface to first editionpreface
• Acknowledgements
• About the companion website
• Chapter 1: An introduction to magmas and magmatic rocks
• WHY STUDY MAGMATIC ROCKS?
• WHAT IS ‘MAGMA’?
• THE DIVERSITY OF NATURAL MAGMA COMPOSITIONS
• PARAMETERS USED TO CLASSIFY IGNEOUS ROCKS
• DEVISING A BASIC PETROGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE FOR IGNEOUS ROCKS
• CHEMICAL SUBDIVISION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MAGMAS
• REVIEW
• USING THIS BOOK
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 2: Basalts and related rocks
• THE NOMENCLATURE AND MINERALOGY OF BASALTIC ROCKS
• ERUPTIVE PROCESSES AND VOLCANIC FORMS
• HOW BASALT MAGMAS CRYSTALLIZE – EVIDENCE FROM TEXTURES
• ALTERATION AND METAMORPHISM OF BASALTS
• ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CHEMICAL SUBDIVISION OF BASALTS – NORMS
• WHERE BASALTS OCCUR
• WHERE AND HOW ARE BASALT MAGMAS FORMED IN THE EARTH?
• REVIEW – WHAT INFORMATION CAN WE GLEAN FROM BASALTS?
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 3: Magma differentiation
• THE CAUSES OF MAGMA DIVERSITY
• PHASE EQUILIBRIUM EXPERIMENTS
• MAJOR ELEMENT VARIATION DIAGRAMS FOR NATURAL VOLCANIC ROCK SERIES
• MAGMA INTERACTION WITH THE CRUST
• THE CONTRIBUTION OF PARTIAL MELTING TO MAGMA VARIABILITY
• REVIEW
• Chapter 4: Gabbroic rocks
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF GABBROIC ROCKS
• THE SCALE AND EMPLACEMENT OF DOLERITIC AND GABBROIC INTRUSIONS
• INTERNAL FORMS, STRUCTURES AND LAYERING
• HOW DOLERITES AND GABBROS CRYSTALLIZE – EVIDENCE FROM TEXTURES
• WHERE DOLERITES AND GABBROS ARE FOUND
• ANORTHOSITES, NORITES AND TROCTOLITES
• REVIEW – WHAT CAN ONE LEARN FROM THE STUDY OF GABBROIC ROCKS?
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 5: Ultramafic rocks
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS
• ‘STRATIFORM’ ULTRAMAFIC CUMULATES IN LAYERED INTRUSIONS
• MANTLE‐DERIVED PERIDOTITES
• KOMATIITES, PICRITES AND RELATED HIGH‐MgO VOLCANIC ROCKS
• REVIEW – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE STUDY OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS?
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 6: Andesite, dacite and rhyolite
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF INTERMEDIATE AND SILICIC VOLCANIC ROCKS
• ERUPTIVE PROCESSES AND VOLCANIC FORMS
• HOW ANDESITES, DACITES AND RHYOLITES CRYSTALLIZE – TEXTURAL EVIDENCE
• CHEMICAL SUBDIVISION OF ANDESITES, DACITES AND RHYOLITES
• WHERE ANDESITES, DACITES AND RHYOLITES OCCUR
• HOW ARE INTERMEDIATE AND SILICIC MAGMAS FORMED IN THE EARTH?
• REVIEW – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ANDESITES, DACITES AND RHYOLITES?
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 7: How magmas erupt – an introduction to pyroclastic processes and products
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND DEPOSITS
• INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS
• MICROSCOPIC TEXTURES
• CALDERAS
• REVIEW – THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PYROCLASTIC ERUPTIONS
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 8: Granitic rocks
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF INTERMEDIATE AND SILICIC PLUTONIC ROCKS
• FORM AND SCALE OF GRANITIC INTRUSIONS
• EMPLACEMENT OF GRANITIC INTRUSIONS: THE ‘SPACE PROBLEM’
• INTERNAL STRUCTURES IN GRANITIC INTRUSIONS
• HOW GRANITIC MAGMAS CRYSTALLIZE – TEXTURAL EVIDENCE
• LATE‐STAGE PROCESSES, ALTERATION AND MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITOIDS
• GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE CHEMICAL SUBDIVISION OF GRANITOIDS
• WHERE GRANITIC MAGMAS OCCUR
• HOW ARE GRANITOID MAGMAS FORMED?
• REVIEW – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM GRANITIC COMPLEXES?
• EXERCISES
• Chapter 9: Alkali rocks
• THE NOMENCLATURE OF FINE‐GRAINED ALKALI ROCKS
• ERUPTIVE PROCESSES AND VOLCANIC FORMS
• NOMENCLATURE OF COARSE‐GRAINED ALKALI ROCKS
• INTRUSIVE FORMS AND PROCESSES IN ALKALI PLUTONS
• TEXTURES – MINERAL IDENTIFICATION AND CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES
• CHEMICAL ATTRIBUTES AND THE SUBDIVISION OF ALKALI ROCKS
• WHERE ALKALI ROCKS OCCUR
• HOW ARE ALKALI MAGMAS FORMED IN THE EARTH?
• REVIEW – THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALKALI IGNEOUS MAGMATISM
• EXERCISES
• Appendix A: Mineral identification using a polarizing microscope
• INTRODUCTION
• OBSERVATIONS IN PLANE‐POLARIZED LIGHT
• OBSERVATIONS IN CROSSED POLARS
• Appendix B: Petrographic calculations
• SIMPLIFIED CIPW NORM CALCULATIONS
• PLOTTING DATA IN TERNARY AND QUATERNARY DIAGRAMS
• MIXING CALCULATIONS
• EXERCISES
• Appendix C: Symbols, units and constants used in this book
• Glossary
• Answers to exercises
• CHAPTER 1
• CHAPTER 2
• CHAPTER 3
• CHAPTER 4
• CHAPTER 5
• CHAPTER 6
• CHAPTER 7
• CHAPTER 8
• CHAPTER 9
• APPENDIX B
• Bibliography
• Index
• Colour plates
• End User License Agreement