Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence

Faure, Gunter

ISBN 10: 3540677720 / ISBN 13: 9783540677727

Published by Springer, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Origin of Igneous Rocks: The Isotopic Evidence
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540677720
• ISBN 13: 9783540677727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geologie

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Synopsis

his book is intended for graduate students of the Earth Sciences who require a T comprehensive examination of the origins of igneous rocks as recorded by the isotope compositions of the strontium, neodymium, lead, and oxygen they contain. Students who have not had a formal course in the systematics of radiogenic isotopes can acquire a basic understanding of this subject by a careful study of Chap. 1. Addi­ tional information is readily available in a textbook by Faure (1986). The primary purpose of this book is to demonstrate how the isotope composition of Sr, Nd, Pb, and 0 in igneous rocks has been used to shed light on the origin of igneous rocks and hence on the activity of the mantle and on its interactions with the continental and oceanic crust. The presentations are based on the premise that igneous and metamorphic rocks form as a direct consequence of the dynamic processes of the mantle and of the re­ sulting interactions between the mantle and the crust. Accordingly, Chap. 2 to 6 ex­ amine specific types of igneous rocks that form in particular tectonic settings. Each of these chapters starts with questions about the properties of the mantle and crust, and about the relation between the tectonic setting and the rock-forming processes that take place in that setting.