Mineralogical and structural evolution of the metamorphic rocks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Francis J.

Contributor:

Geological Society of America.

Series:

Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 30.

Geological Society of America. Memoir ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metamorphic rocks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[New York], [publisher not identified], 1948.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Contents:

Abstract

Scope of metamorphism

Chemical adjustment of solid rocks to temperature, pressure, and shearing stress

Metamorphic zones

The phase rule and metamorphic facies

Characteritics of the principal metamorphic facies

Metasomatism in metamorphism

Metamorphic differentiation

Some general characteristics of the fabric of metamorphic rocks

Fabric of deformed rocks-I. development of slip surfaces during deformation of rocks

Fabric of deformed rocks-II. the basis of petrofabric analysis

Fabric of deformed rocks-III. some typical patterns of preferred orientation

Experimentally established data relating to plastic deformation of crystalline materials and evolution of tectonite fabrics

Mechanism of development of tectonite fabrics in metamorphic rocks

Some special problems of regional metamorphism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-332).

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

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Other Format:

Print version: Turner, Francis J. Mineralogical and structural evolution of the metamorphic rocks.

ISBN:

9780813710303

0813710308

OCLC:

765367876

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