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

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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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