Physics and Chemistry of Partially Molten Rocks

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 11
• Partial melting occurs in a variety of geological environments, from granitic partial melts in the continental crust, to basaltic or carbonate partial... Lees meer

Structures of Ophiolites and Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere

A Nicolas

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 4
• Ophiolites are distinctive assemblages of malic to ultramalic rocks representing fragments of the oceanic lithosphere. Nicolas (tectonophysics, U. of ... Lees meer

Granite: From Segregation of Melt to Emplacement Fabrics

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 8
• viii debate of those earlier days has been beautifully summarized by H. H. Read in his famous "Granite Controversy" (1957). Read's formulation of the ... Lees meer

Mantle and Lower Crust Exposed in Oceanic Ridges and in Ophiolites

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 6
• This volume follows a Specialized Symposium on "Mantle denudation in slow spreading ridges and in ophiolites", held at the XII EUG Meeting in Strasbou... Lees meer

Metamorphic Rocks and Their Geodynamic Significance

Jacques Kornprobst

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 12
• From metamorphism to metamorphosis, there is only a shade of a nuance. Because me- morphic rocks are not only what they are, but also what they were, ... Lees meer

Ophiolite Genesis and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 5
• Ophiolites are key sources of information regarding the genesis and evolution of oceanic lithosphere. Over the past decades, the geological tudy of op... Lees meer

Emplacement Mechanisms of Nappes and Thrust Sheets

Olivier Merle

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 9
• Nappes and overthrusts are the mosl representative geological structures in mountain chains. The issue of their emplacement mechanisms and of the driv... Lees meer

Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphic Rocks in the Dabieshan-Sulu Region of China

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 7
• Recent discoveries of diamond and coesite in the ultrahigh- pressure (UHP) metamorphosed supracrustal rocks have provoked a new challenge to present-d... Lees meer

Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Evolution of the Early Universe

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 169
• 1. Standard Model of Primordial Nucleosynthesis and Observations of Light Elements.- Standard Model of Primordial Nucleosynthesis: A Few General Remar... Lees meer

When Continents Collide: Geodynamics and Geochemistry of Ultrahigh-Pressure Rocks

• Hardcover | Engels | Petrology and Structural Geology | nr. 10
• 2Gpa has increased to more than 15. This indicates that subduction of continental fragments to depths of 100-150 km may have played a significant role... Lees meer