Research Catalog

Title

Trace elements in magmas : a theoretical treatment / Denis M. Shaw ; edited for publication by Stuart Ross Taylor.

Author

Shaw, Denis M. (Denis Martin), 1923-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006.

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Additional Authors

Taylor, Stuart Ross, 1925-

Description

xii, 243 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Studying the distribution of certain elements present in very low concentrations in igneous and metamorphic rocks can yield important clues about the rocks' origin and evolution. Trace elements do not give rise to characteristic minerals, but their behaviour can be modelled of provide historical information about the source magma." "This book brings together the essential theory required to understand the behaviour of trace elements in magmas and magma-derived rocks. It presents a wide range of models and mechanisms that explain trace element distribution." "Trace Elements in Magmas provides an excellent resource for graduate students, petrologists, geochemists and mineralogists, as well as for researchers in geophysics and material science."--Jacket.

Subject

• Magmas
• Trace elements

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Partition coefficients -- 3. Crystallisation : basic trace element modelling -- 4. Crystallisation : variation of mineral proportions, partition coefficients and fluid phase proportion -- 5. Crystallisation assimilation, recharge and eruption -- 6. Trace element evidence for crystallisation processes -- 7. Melting : basic trace element modelling -- 8. Melting : more complex processes -- 9. Dynamic mantle melting.

ISBN

0521822149 (cased)

LCCN

• ^^2006280938
• 9780521822145

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library