Robert G. Coleman / Xiaomin Wang (eds.)

Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism

Herausgeber: Coleman, Robert G.; Thompson, Alan B.; Hess, Paul C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the geological aspects of the ultrahigh pressure minerals - diamond and coesite - in the Earth's crust.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1039g
• ISBN-13: 9780521547994
• ISBN-10: 0521547997
• Artikelnr.: 21109952

Inhaltsangabe

1. Overview of the geology and tectonics of UHPM; 2. Experimental and
petrogenetic study of UHPM; 3. Principal mineralogical indicators of
ultrahigh pressure in crustal rocks; 4. Structures in ultrahigh pressure
metamorphic rocks: a case study from the Alps; 5. Creation, preservation,
and exhumation of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks; 6. The role of
serpentinite melanges in the unroofing of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic
rocks: An example from the Western Alps of Italy; 7. Ultrahigh pressure
metamorphic rocks in Western Alps; 8. High and ultrahigh pressure eclogites
and garnet peridotites in the Scandinavian Caledonides; 9. Microcoesites
and microdiamonds in Norway: a brief review; 10. Ultrahigh pressure
metamorphic terrane in Eastern Central China; 11. A model for the tectonic
history of the high and ultrahigh pressure metamorphic region in East
Central China; 12. Diamond-bearing metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav
Massif; 13. Orogenic ultramafic rocks of ultrahigh pressure (diamond
facies) origin.