Metamorphism and Metamorphic Belts
Published on 23. March 1978
Book
Paperback/Softback
492 pages
978-0-04-550026-0 (ISBN)
Description
My book Metamorphic Rocks and Metamorphic Belts (in Japanese) was published by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, in Tokyo in 1965. A few years later, Mr D. Lynch-Blosse of George Allen & Unwin Ltd contacted me to explore the possibility of translating it into English. Thus, translation accompanied by rewriting of substantial parts of the book was made in subsequent years, resulting in the present book Metamorphism and Metamorphic Belts. This title was chosen to emphasize the tectonic Significance of metamorphic belts. Metamorphic geology has a long history. The microscopic description and classification of metamorphic rocks began in the late nineteenth century. The theory of equilibrium mineral assemblages began in the first half of the twentieth century. Detailed mineralogical studies and the experimental determination of the pressure-temperature conditions of metamorphism began in the 1950s. The importance of metamorphic petrology in our understanding of the tectonic processes has been realized only in the past decade. This book is intended to synthesize the mineralogic, petrologic" and tectonic aspects of metamorphism. Advanced treatment of the thermodynamic and structural aspects is not intended.
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1965
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
492 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
711 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-550026-0 (9780045500260)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-6836-6
Schweitzer Classification
Content
I Basis of Metamorphic Petrology.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Basic Characteristics of Metamorphic Reactions.- 3 Basic Concepts of Metamorphic Petrology.- 4 Some Important Problems in Metamorphic Geology.- 5 Diagrammatic Representation of Mineral Parageneses.- II Progressive Metamorphism.- 6A Zeolite and Prehnite-Pumpellyite Fades Metamorphism: Its Diversity.- 6B Zeolite and Prehnite-Pumpellyite Facies Metamorphism: Progressive Mineral Changes.- 7A Metapelites: Diversity in Progressive Regional Metamorphism.- 7B Metapelites: Progressive Mineral Changes.- 8A Metabasites: Diversity in Progressive Regional Metamorphism.- 8B Metabasites: Progressive Mineral Changes.- 9 Progressive Regional Metamorphism of Limestones.- 10 Progressive Contact Metamorphism and Pyrometamorphism.- 11 Metamorphic Facies and Facies Series.- 12 Eclogites and the Eclogite Facies.- III Metamorphism and Crustal Evolution.- 13 Metamorphic Belts of North America.- 14 Metamorphic Belts of Europe.- 15 Metamorphic Belts in Japan and its Environs.- 16 Metamorphic Belts in the Southwest Pacific.- 17 Tectonics of Regional Metamorphic Belts.- 18 Metamorphic Structure of Continental Crusts.- 19 Ocean-floor Metamorphism and its Significance.- 20 Cataclastic Metamorphism along Transform Faults.- Appendix History of the Study of Metamorphism.- References.