Metasomatism and the Chemical Transformation of Rock: The Role of Fluids in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes

By H. Kon Austrheim, Daniel E. Harlov, Hakon Austrheim

Book Overview

1. Metasomatism and the chemical transformation of rock: Rock-mineral-fluid interaction in terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments. -2. The Chemical Composition of Metasomatic Fluids in the Crust.- 3. Thermodynamic modeling and thermobarometry of metasomatized rocks.- 4. Structural controls of metasomatism on a regional scale.- 5. Mechanisms of metasomatism and metamorphism on the local mineral scale: The role of dissolution-reprecipitation during mineral re-equilibration. - 6. Geochronology of metasomatic events.-7. Effects of metasomatism on mineral systems and their host rocks: alkali metasomatism, skarns, greisens, tourmalinites, rodingites, black-wall alteration and listevenites.- 8. Metasomatism within the ocean crust.- 9. Metasomatism in subduction zones of subducted oceanic slabs, mantle wedges, and the slab-mantle interface.- 10. Metasomatism during High-Pressure Metamorphism: Eclogites and Blueschist-Facies Rocks.- 11. Prograde, peak and retrograde metamorphic fluids and associated metasomatism in upper amphibolite to granulite facies transition zones.- 12. Mantle Metasomatism.- 13. Mapping the distribution of fluids in the crust and lithospheric mantle utilizing geophysical methods.- 14. A Hydromechanical Model for Lower Crustal Fluid Flow.- 15. Metasomatism in the early solar sysem: The record fron Chondritic meteorites.Mapping the distribution of fluids in the crust and lithospheric mantle utilizing geophysical methods.- 14. A Hydromechanical Model for Lower Crustal Fluid Flow.- 15. Metasomatism in the early solar sysem: The record fron Chondritic meteorites.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662520648
• ISBN13: 9783662520642
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 806 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"