Bruce Marsh (Johns Hopkins University)

Magmatism in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique and detailed examination of the Ferrar Magmatic System of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, providing insight into magmatic processes, in particular where magma originates, how it moves upwards, and how it evolves. An invaluable resource for researchers and students in magma physics, igneous petrology, volcanology, and geochemistry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9781009177085
• ISBN-10: 1009177087
• Artikelnr.: 64364538

Autorenporträt

Bruce Marsh is Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University. He is an expert on the physics and chemistry of planetary magmatic processes including geothermal energy. He is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America, Mineralogical Society of America, and the Royal Astronomical Society, and has received many awards.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Nature of Magmatism
2. The McMurdo Dry Valleys Magmatic System (Ferrar McDV)
3. The Ferrar Dolerite Sills
4. Ferrar Basic Petrologic Structure
5. Nature and Distribution of Individual Sills
6. Bull Pass Geology
7. Dais Layered Intrusion
8. Compositional Characteristics of the Ferrar McDV Magmatic System
9. Crystal Entrainment and Transport
10. Opx Provenance
11. Noritic Magma, Primocryst Entrainment, and Source Sampling
12. Regional distribution of Ferrar magmatic centers
13. The Ferrar Magmatic Conundrum
14. Ferrar Magma Source Material
Appendices
References
Index.