Oceanic Basalts

Klappentext

Oceanic basalts are the most abundant rock type found at the Earth's surface. This book provides a review of these rocks, first discussing how we sample the ocean floor and what we know about the structure of the oceanic crust, followed by an overview of the various regional settings.

Inhalt

Surveying and sampling the ocean floor, R.C.Searle; geophysical structure of the oceanic crust, R.S.White; ophiolites as ocean crust, J.A.Pearce; Atlantic Ocean crust, H.Bougault; Pacific Ocean crust, C.H.Langmuir; Indian Ocean crust, J.Natland; marginal basins, A.Saunders; islands and seamounts, P.A.Floyd; petrographic and mineralogical features, J.Natland; magmatic processes, M.F.J.Flower; metamorphic and hydrothermal processes, M.A.Morrison; experimental phase petrology, D.Elthon, sources and mantle evolution, R.Exley, Z.Palacz and C.J.Hawkesworth; mantle nodules, M.Menzies.