Evolution of the Igneous Rocks

Fiftieth Anniversary Perspectives

H. S. Yoder, Jr.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781400868506
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks, by N. L. Bowen, appeared in 1928 and had a profound influence on later generations of petrologists. Drawing on his series of lectures at Princeton University in the spring of 1927, Dr. Bowen identified, outlined, and applied the principles of physical chemistry relevant to petrological processes. Whereas the major petrochemical questions he discussed are still relevant today, the answers appear to change with time. The purpose of the present volume is to provide an updated view of those questions, in the light of almost fifty years of accumulated observations, using the principles Bowen set forth.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 The Problem of the Diversity of Igneous Rocks by G. Malcolm Brown
• 2 Silicate Liquid Immiscibility in Magmas by Edwin Roedder
• 3 Fractional Crystallization and Partial Fusion by D. C. Presnall
• 4 Crystallization in Silicate Systems by Arnulf Muan
• 5 The Reaction Principle by E. F. Osborn
• 6 Fractional Crystallization of Basaltic Magma by Ikuo Kushiro
• 7 The Liquid Line of Descent and Variation Diagrams by Ray E. Wilcox
• 8 Glass and the Glassy Rocks by I. S. E. Carmichael
• 9 Rocks Whose Composition Is Determined by Crystal Accumulation and Sorting by Τ. N. Irvine
• 10 Effects of Assimilation by A. R. McBirney
• 11 The Formation of Siliceous Potassic Glassy Rocks by David B. Stewart
• 12 The Feldspathoidal Alkaline Rocks by J. Gittins
• 13 Melilite-Bearing Rocks and Related Lamprophyres by H. S. Yoder, Jr.
• 14 The Fractional Resorption of Complex Minerals and the Formation of Strongly Femic Alkaline Rocks by David R. Wones
• 15 Further Effects of Fractional Resorption by E. D. Jackson
• 16 The Importance of Volatile Constituents by C. Wayne Burnham
• 17 Petrogenesis and the Physics of the Earth by P. J. Wyllie
• 18 Partitioning by Discriminant Analysis: A Measure of Consistency in the Nomenclature and Classification of Volcanic Rocks by F. Chayes
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Systems Index