Petrogenesis and Experimental Petrology of Granitic Rocks [Paperback]

There are several books emphasizing the mineralogical and petrological aspects of granites, but this book is the only one emphasizing the experimental aspects.There are several books emphasizing the mineralogical and petrological aspects of granites, but this book is the only one emphasizing the experimental aspects.1 Introduction and Geological Background.- 1.1 Granites and the Continental Crust.- 1.2 Chemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Some Important Granite Types.- 1.3 Granite Magmatism and the Formation of the Continental Crust.- 1.4 Granite and Water.- 2 The Haplogranite System Qz-Ab-Or.- 2.1 Beginning of Melting in the System Qz-Ab-Or at $$ {a_} = 1 $$ and Composition of Initial Melts.- 2.1.1 Beginning of Melting.- 2.1.2 Composition of Initial H2O-Saturated Melts.- 2.1.3 Petrogenetic Implications.- 2.2 Dry Melting in the System Qz-Ab-Or.- 2.2.1 Beginning of Dry Melting.- 2.2.2 Composition of Dry Melts.- 2.3 Melting in Subsystems (Dry and at $$ {a_} = 1 $$).- 2.3.1 Beginning of Melting in Binary and Ternary Subsystems at $$ {a_} = 1 $$)1..- 2.3.2 Dry and H2O-Saturated Melting in the Subsystems Qz-Ab and Qz-Or.- 2.3.3 Eutectic Compositions of the Subsystems Qz-Ab and Qz-Or.- 2.3.4 The System Ab-Or-H2O.- 2.4 Beginning of Melting at Ab-H20-CO2.- 2.4.1 Beginning of Melting in the Subsystem Ab-H2O-CO2.- 2.4.2 Beginning of Melting in the Subsystem Qz-H2O-CO2.- 2.4.3 Beginning of Melting in the Subsystem Qz-Or-H2O-CO2.- 2.4.4 Beginning of Melting in the System Qz-Ab-Or-H2O-CO2.- 2.5 Liquidus Phase Relationships.- 2.5.1 Phase Relationships at $$ {a_} = 1 $$.- 2.5.2 Phase Relationships at $$ a_{H_2 O} < 1 $$.- 2.5.3 Composition of H2O-Undersaturated elts.- 2.5.4 Minimum Water Contents of Haplogranitic Melts.- 2.5.5 Liquidus Curves of the Haplogranite System.- 2.5.6 Liquidus Curves of a Muscovite-Granite.- 2.5.7 Water and Melt Content Relationship.- 3 Properties of Hydrous Haplogranitic Melts.- 3.1 Water Solubility.- ls