Daniel Harlov, "Metasomatism and the Chemical Transformation of Rock: The Role of Fluids in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes (Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences)"
ISBN: 3642283934 | 2012 | PDF | 805 pages | 28.7 MB
ISBN: 3642283934 | 2012 | PDF | 805 pages | 28.7 MB
Fluid-aided mass transfer and subsequent mineral re-equilibration are the two defining features of metasomatism and must be present in order for metamorphism to occur. Coupled with igneous and tectonic processes, metasomatism has played a major role in the formation of the Earth’s continental and oceanic crust and lithospheric mantle as well as in their evolution and subsequent stabilization.