Frost, Bryce Ronald,

Essentials of igneous and metamorphic petrology / B. Ronald Frost, Carol D. Frost. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - ix, 303 p. : ill. ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.

Introduction to igneous petrology -- An introduction to igneous phase diagrams -- Introduction to silicate melts and magmas -- The chemistry of igneous rocks -- Basalts and mantle structure -- Oceanic magmatism -- Convergent margin magmatism -- Intracontinental volcanism -- Intracontinental plutonism -- Interpretation of granitic rocks -- Introduction to metamorphic petrology -- Interpretation of metamorphic phase diagrams -- Metamorphic facies and the metamorphism of mafic rocks -- Thermobarometry and the conditions of metamorphism -- Metamorphism of peridotitic rocks -- Metamorphism of pelitic rocks -- Metamorphism of calcareous rocks and the role of fluids in metamorphism -- Regional occurrence and tectonic significance of metamorphic rocks.

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Igneous rocks.
Metamorphic rocks.

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