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Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures
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A text which 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.
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Index
Numbers in bold refer to pages where figures (diagrams/photographs) illustrate the item indexed. Numbers in italics refer to Tables and Appendices.
Absorption 86–88, 229
Acicular crystals see Crystal form; acicular
Actinolite see Amphibole; actinolite
Activation energy see Energy; activation
Activity 13, 194, 229
Adsorption 86–88, 88, 229
Al2SiO5 polymorphs see Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite
Albite see Plagioclase
Albitisation 108
Alkali feldspar see K-feldspar, Plagioclase; albite
Allanite 86
Almandine see Garnet; almandine
Alteration see Retrogression
Amphibole
actinolite 34–35, 72, 105–106, 138, 218
anthophyllite 36–37
barroisite 36, 219
chemical zonation 80
crossite 36, 219
edenite 11
glaucophane 36, 110, 197, 218–219
hornblende 35, 94, 105–106, 137–138, 158, 202
inclusion fabrics 158
pargasite 11
tremolite 11, 32, 36, 105
twinning 76
Amphibolite 229
see also Metabasite
Analcite see Zeolites; analcite
Anatexis 229
see also Partial melting
Anchimetamorphism...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part A Introduction to metamorphism and metamorphic rocks
- Part B Introduction to metamorphic textures and microstructures
- Part C Interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism
- Appendix I: Abbreviations
- Appendix II: Glossary
- Appendix III: Key mineral assemblages
- References for Appendices I—III and the plates
- Index
- Plates