Cawthorn R.G. (Ed.) Layered Intrusions

Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996. – 542 p. — (Developments in Petrology 15).By enlisting the support of 24 different authors in fourteen chapters, I hope that this book will present an overview of what we know about Layered Intrusions, their differences, as well as similarities. In each chapter I asked each author to present sufficient observation and information content to make this a useful reference volume, even if some of the current ideas become superseded. The first four chapters summarize our understanding of layering processes, the relevance of fluid dynamics, the textures observed in these slowly cooled rocks and some of their mineral deposits. The remaining ten chapters review the geology of some of the intrusions which have moulded our ideas about processes in magma chambers.Foreword
Mechanisms of Formation of Igneous Layering
Fluid Dynamic Processes in Basaltic Magma Chambers
Texture Development in Cumulate Rocks
A Review of Mineralization in the Bushveld Complex and some other Layered Mafic Intrusions
The Skaergaard Intrusion
The Bushveld Complex
The Bjerkreim-Sokndal Layered Intrusion, Southwest Norway
Layered Intrusions of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA
The Fongen-Hyllingen Layered Intrusive Complex, Norway
Layered Alkaline Igneous Rocks of the Gardar Province, South Greenland
The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe
The Rum Layered Suite
The Stillwater Complex
The Windimurra Complex, Western Australia
Author Index
Subject Index
Insert in envelope inside back cover:
Geological Map of the Skaergaard Intrusion