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Chemical Properties and Isotope Systematics: Chemical Properties of Rb and Sr | |
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Isotope Systematics of Rb and Sr | |
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The Rb-Sr Method of Dating | |
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Fitting of Isochrons | |
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The Sm-Nd Method of Dating | |
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The Epsilon Notation | |
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Mixture of 2 Components | |
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The U-Pb Methods of Dating | |
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Oxygen Isotope Composition | |
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Fractional Crystallization of Magma | |
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Assimilation and Fractional Crystallization | |
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Meteorites and the Isotope Evolution of Terrestrial Sr | |
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Summary and Preview | |
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The Origin of Volcanic Rocks in the Oceans: Magma Formation in the Mantle | |
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Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt, Atlantic Ocean | |
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Iceland | |
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Canary Islands | |
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Islands of the Atlantic Ocean | |
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Mantle Components and Plumes | |
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MORBs of the Pacific Ocean | |
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Islands of the East Pacific Ocean | |
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Seamounts of the East Pacific Ocean | |
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The Island Chains of Polynesia | |
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The Ontong Java and Manihiki Plateaus | |
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The Hawaiian Islands and Emperor Seamounts | |
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Samoan Islands, Western Pacific | |
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MORBs of the Indian Ocean | |
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Kerguelen and Heard Islands | |
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Oceanic Islands of the Indian Ocean | |
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Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea | |
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Summary | |
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The Importance of Plumes | |
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Subduction Zones in the Oceans: Petrogenetic Models | |
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The Mariana Island Arc in the Pacific Ocean | |
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The Aleutian Islands | |
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Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands | |
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The Japanese Islands | |
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Tonga-Kermadec-New Zealand | |
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The Sunda Islands of Indonesia | |
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Philippine Islands and the Luzon Arc | |
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Other Oceanic Island Arcs in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans | |
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The Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea | |
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Mesozoic Basalt, Caribbean Sea | |
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Mediterranean Sea | |
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Summary | |
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Petrogenesis in Subduction Zones | |
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The Compressive Margin of the American Continents: Andes of South America | |
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Rhyolites and Ignimbrites of Central America and Mexico | |
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Rhyolites and Ignimbrites of California | |
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Silicic Volcanic Rocks of the Southwestern USA | |
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Mafic Volcanic Rocks, Southwestern USA | |
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The Cascade Range of the Northwestern USA | |
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Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks of the Oregon Plateau | |
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Summary | |
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The Tertiary Ignimbrites of the Americas | |
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Continental Flood Basalt Provinces: Petrogenesis of Flood Basalts | |
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Columbia River Basalt, USA | |
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Snake River Plain and Yellowstone Caldera | |
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North Atlantic Igneous Province | |
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Deccan Plateau, India | |
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Rajmahal Plateau, Northeastern India | |
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The South Atlantic Igneous Province | |
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The Brazil-West Africa Connection | |
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The Northeastern Brazil-Liberia Connection | |
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Magmatic Activity along the Atlantic Coast of North America | |
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The South Africa-Antarctica Connection | |
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Jurassic Tholeiites of the Transarctic Mountains | |
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The Siberian Flood-Basalt Province | |
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Cenozoic Basals of Eastern China | |
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Flood Basalts of Ethiopia and Yemen | |
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Continental Basalts of Arabia | |
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Summary | |
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Plumes Dominate the Mantle | |
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Alkalic Igneous Rocks on the Continents: East African Rift System | |
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The Potassic Rocks of the Western Rift of East Africa | |
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Volcanic Activity of North-Central Africa | |
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Intraplate Alkaline Plutons of Africa | |
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Mediterranean Region | |
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Alkali-Rich Volcanic Rocks of Central Europe | |
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Scandinavia | |
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Kola Peninsula, Russia | |
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Western North America | |
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Ultramafic Inclusions, Western North America | |
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Australia | |
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Antarctica | |
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Summary | |
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The Case for Mantle Metasomatism | |
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Differentiated Gabbroic Intrusives: Midcontinent Rift System of North America | |
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Muskox Intrusion and the Coppermine Basalt, NWT, Canada | |
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Diabase Dikes and Sills of the Canadian Precambrian Shield | |
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Stillwater Complex, Montana | |
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Kiglapait Intrusion, Labrador | |
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Caledonian Gabbros of Northeast Scotland | |
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Rhum Intrusion, Inner Hebrides, Scotland | |
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Bushveld Complex, South Africa | |
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Great Dyke, Zimbabwe | |
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Mafic Intrusives of Australia | |
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Summary | |
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Petrogenesis in the Precambrian | |
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Archean Greenstone Belts and Granitic Gneisses of North America: Greenstone Belts of the Superior Craton | |
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Mantle-Separation Dates | |
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Isotopic Homogenization of Granitic Gneisses | |
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The Wyoming Craton | |
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Amitsoq Gneiss and Isua Supracrustals, West Greenland | |
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Summary | |
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The Origin of the Oldest Rocks | |
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References | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Locality Index | |
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Geologic Timescale | |