Full title: The alkaline rocks / edited by H. Sørensen.

Author/creator: Sørensen, Henning.

Date: [c1974].

Call Numbers: TQ022661, TQ022660

Record Identifier: 74Vv8lq7pKDA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xii, 622 p. : ill. ; 26 cm., 1. Introduction / H. Sørensen -- 2. Petrography and petrology: OIntroduction / H. Sørensen ; Alkali syenites, feldspathoidal syenites and related lavas / H. Sørensen ; Nephelinites and ijolites / D.K. Bailey ; The mineralogy and petrography of alkali basaltic rocks / J.F.G. Wilkinson ; Potassium-rich alkaline rocks / Th. G. Sahama ; Oversaturated alkaline rocks / P. Bowden ; Alkaline gneisses / P. Floor -- 3. Regional distribution and tectonic relations: Introduction / H. Sørensen ; Continental rifting and alkaline magnetism / D.K. bailey ; Alkaline rocks of North America / D.S. Barker ; Regional distribution and tectonic relations of the alkaline rocks of Siberia / E.L. Butakova ; Alkaline rocks of southern Africa / M. Mathias -- 4. Alkaline provinvces: Introduction / H. Sørensen ; kola Peninsula / V.I. Gerasimovsky ... [et al.] ; The alkaline provinces of south-west Greenland / B.G.J. Upton ; The alkaline province of Central Europe and France / W. Wimmenauer ; The Mongol-Tuva Province of alkaline rocks / A.S. Pavlenko ; The Moneteregian Province / A.R. Philpotts ; Oceanic islands / G.D. Borley ; Peralkaline and associated ring-complexes in the Nigeria-Niger Province, West Africa / P. Bowden and D.C. Turner -- 5. Conditions of formation: Experimental studies / A.D. Edgar ; Inclusions in the minerals of some types of alkaline rocks / V.S. Sobolev, T. Yu. Bazarova and V.P. Kostyuk ; Trace elements in selected groups of alkaline rocks / V.I. Gerasimovsky ; Isotopic composition of strontium in alkalic rocks / J.L. Powell and K. Bell ; Summary / H. Sørensen -- 6. Petrogenesis: Origin of alkaline magmas as a result of anatexis: Anatexis and other processes within the mantle / P.G. Harris. Melting in the deep crust / D.K. Bailey ; The rôle of fractional crystallization in the formation of the alkaline rocks / R. MacDonald ; Limestone assimilation / P.J. Wyllie ; Rôle of volatiles / L.N. Kogarko ; Liquid fractionation / L.N. Kogarko, I.D. Ryabchikov and H. Sørensen ; Resorption of silicate materials / W.C. Luth ; The rôle of metasomatic processes in the formation of alkaline rocks / L.S. Borodin and A.S. Pavlenko ; Origin of the alkaline rocks--a summary and retrospect / H. Sørensen -- 7. Economical geology: Economic mineralogy of alkaline rocks / E.I. Semenov.

Publishers: London ; New York : John Wiley, [c1974]

Notes: "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes bibliographies and indexes. Transferred from NQ552.1/1, EQ552.1/SOR.

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8lq7pKDA

DDC: 552/.1

MMS ID: 991014362059702626