Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures

ISBN-13: 9780748739851 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 290 str.

A. J. Barker

Opis

Utilizing SEM, TEM and cathodoluminescence images to illustrate the role of such techniques for interpreting metamorphic rocks, this text aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section. For lecturers and postgraduates in geology and petrology, the book provides reference for the interpretation of metamorphic rocks, with an extensive list of references relevant to each chapter, and a comprehensive glossary of terms.

Spis treści

Preface Part A Introduction to metamorphism and metamorphic rocks 1 Environments and processes of metamorphism 2 Facies concept and petrogenetic grids 3 Compositional groups of metamorphic rocks Part B Introduction to metamorphic textures and microstructures 4 Layering, banding and fabric development 5 Crystal nucleation and growth 6 Mineral inclusions, intergrowths and coronas 7 Replacement and overgrowth Part C Interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism 8 Deformed rocks and strain-related microstructures 9 Porphyroblast-foliation relationships 10 Shear-sense indicators 11 Veins and fluid inclusions 12 Deciphering polydeformed and polymetamorphosed rocks

O autorze

A.J. Barker (Department of Geology, University of Southampton)