Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism

by Ctp Coleman

Book Overview

Recent discoveries of diamond and coesite in the upper crustal rocks of the Earth have drastically changed scientists' ideas concerning the limits of crustal metamorphism. This book provides detailed accounts of the discoveries of diamond and coesite in crustal rocks and provides insights regarding their formation at very high pressures. The formation of these minerals is related to subduction and continental collision and the tectonics, petrological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521547997
• ISBN13: 9780521547994
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.7"