Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

  1. Metamorphic Petrology Fundamentals
    1. Definition and Scope of Metamorphism
      1. What is Metamorphism
        1. Distinction from Diagenesis
          1. Distinction from Weathering
            1. Distinction from Melting
              1. Types of Metamorphic Changes
                1. Mineralogical Changes
                  1. Textural Changes
                    1. Chemical Changes
                  2. Agents of Metamorphism
                    1. Temperature
                      1. Heat Sources
                        1. Geothermal Gradient
                          1. Magmatic Intrusions
                            1. Radioactive Decay
                              1. Friction
                              2. Temperature Effects
                                1. Mineral Stability
                                  1. Reaction Rates
                                    1. Recrystallization
                                  2. Pressure
                                    1. Lithostatic Pressure
                                      1. Confining Pressure Effects
                                        1. Depth Relationships
                                        2. Directed Stress
                                          1. Differential Stress
                                            1. Deviatoric Stress
                                              1. Deformation Effects
                                              2. Pressure Effects on Mineralogy
                                                1. High-pressure Minerals
                                                  1. Volume Changes
                                                2. Chemically Active Fluids
                                                  1. Fluid Sources
                                                    1. Metamorphic Dehydration
                                                      1. Magmatic Fluids
                                                        1. Meteoric Water
                                                          1. Connate Water
                                                          2. Fluid Composition
                                                            1. Aqueous Fluids
                                                              1. CO2-rich Fluids
                                                                1. Mixed Fluids
                                                                2. Metasomatic Processes
                                                                  1. Mass Transfer
                                                                    1. Element Mobility
                                                                      1. Fluid Pathways
                                                                    2. Time
                                                                      1. Reaction Kinetics
                                                                        1. Equilibrium vs Disequilibrium
                                                                          1. Preservation of Textures
                                                                        2. Protoliths and Their Influence
                                                                          1. Sedimentary Protoliths
                                                                            1. Pelitic Rocks
                                                                              1. Psammitic Rocks
                                                                                1. Calcareous Rocks
                                                                                  1. Ferruginous Rocks
                                                                                  2. Igneous Protoliths
                                                                                    1. Mafic Igneous Rocks
                                                                                      1. Felsic Igneous Rocks
                                                                                        1. Ultramafic Rocks
                                                                                        2. Metamorphic Protoliths
                                                                                          1. Polymetamorphism
                                                                                            1. Overprinting Relations
                                                                                            2. Protolith Recognition
                                                                                              1. Relict Features
                                                                                                1. Chemical Signatures
                                                                                              2. Limits and Boundaries of Metamorphism
                                                                                                1. Lower Limit
                                                                                                  1. Diagenesis-Metamorphism Boundary
                                                                                                    1. Temperature Criteria
                                                                                                      1. Mineral Criteria
                                                                                                      2. Upper Limit
                                                                                                        1. Metamorphism-Melting Boundary
                                                                                                          1. Anatexis
                                                                                                            1. Migmatite Formation
                                                                                                            2. Partial Melting
                                                                                                              1. Melt Generation
                                                                                                                1. Melt Segregation
                                                                                                                  1. Restite Formation

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