Title: What drives metamorphism and metamorphic reactions? /
Authors: Treloar, P. J.; O'Brien, Patrick J.
Date: 1998
Publisher: Geological Society,
Physical description: 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Abstract: Although it is known that what ultimately drives metamorphism is heat, what is less certain is the distribution of heat within the crust and the rates of heat flux through crustal rocks. This text explores the factors that control metamorphism and the rates of metamorphic processes.
Contents: Thermodynamics of Himalayan orogenesis / K.V. Hodges -- Barrovian regional metamorphism / R.A. Jamieson [and others] -- Characterization and interpretation of P-T paths with multiple thermal peaks / D.L. Whitney and Y. Dilek -- Low- to medium-pressure Variscan metamorphism in Galicia (NW Spain) / J. Reche, F.J. Martʹinez and M.L. Arboleya -- On the occurrence and characterization of ultrahigh-temperature crustal metamorphism / S.L. Harley -- Australian Proterozoic high-temperature, low-pressure metamorphism in the conductive limit / M. Sandiford and M. Hand -- Regional metamorphism due to anorogenic intracratonic magmatism / R.L. Gibson and G. Stevens -- Ridge-trench interactions and high-T low-P metamorphism, with particular reference to the Cretaceous evolution of the Japanese Islands / M. Brown -- Implications of Sr-isotope disequilibrium for rates of prograde metamorphism and melt extraction in anatectic terrains / N. Harris and M. Ayres -- Low-pressure crustal anatexis / A. Whittington, N. Harris and J. Baker -- Disequilibrium during metamorphism / D.C. Rubie -- Chemical and volume changes during deformation and prograde metamorphism of sediments / R.H. Vernon -- Role of microcracking and grain-boundary dilation during retrograde reactions / A.J. Barker and X. Zhang -- Making movies / B. Worley and R. Powell.
Notes: "The papers in this volume arise from a meeting held at Kingston University on 11-13 September 1996 on the topic "What Drives Metamorphism and Metamorphic Reactions."--Acknowledgements.
Subject headings (LCSH): Metamorphism (Geology); Metamorphism (Geology)--Congresses.