Magmas, rocks and planetary development [electronic resource] : a survey magma/igneous rock systems / Eric A. Middlemost.

First published 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman Limited.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Historical account of magma/igneous rock systems -- ch. 2. Classifying materials in the magma systems -- ch. 3. Heat flow and planetary interiors -- ch. 4. Volcanism and planetary development -- ch. 5. Partial melting and movement of magma -- ch. 6. Evolution of diverse rock associations -- ch. 7. Picrobasalts and basalts -- ch. 8. Convergent plate margins and their margins -- ch. 9. Granites : the crusty enigma -- ch. 10. Magmas and rocks of the midalkaline suite -- ch. 11. Alkaline magmatism -- ch. 12. Carbonatites -- ch. 13. Origins : the role of magma in planetary evolution.

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