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The Nature and Origin of Granite

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    Chapter 1 The historical perspective: an ever changing emphasis
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    Chapter 2 The categories of granitic rocks: the search for a genetic typology
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    Chapter 3 Granite as a chemical system: the experimental impact
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    Chapter 4 The physical nature of granitic magmas: a case of missing information
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    Chapter 5 The evolution of the granitic texture: a continuum of crystal growth
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    Chapter 6 Differentiation in granitic magmas: zoning as an example of multifactorial processes at work
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    Chapter 7 The volcano-plutonic interface: not Read’s hiatus
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    Chapter 8 The evidence for restite: unmixing as an alternative hypothesis
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    Chapter 9 The mingling and mixing of granite with basalt: a third term in a multiple hypothesis
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    Chapter 10 Appinites, diatremes and granodiorites: the interaction of ‘wet’ basalt with granite
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    Chapter 11 Controls of upwelling and emplacement: the response of the envelope: balloons, pistons and reality
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    Chapter 12 On the rates of emplacement, crystallization and cooling
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    Chapter 13 Plagiogranite and ferrogranophyre: extreme differentiation in contrasted situations
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    Chapter 14 Cordilleran-type batholiths: magmatism and crust formation at a plate edge
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    Chapter 15 Intraplate, rift-related magmatism: mainly the A-type, alkali feldspar granites
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    Chapter 16 Migmatites: are they a source of granitic plutons?
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    Chapter 17 The waning stages: the role of volatiles in the genesis of pegmatites and metal ores
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    Chapter 18 The sources of granitic magmas in their various global tectonic niches
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    Chapter 19 A kind of conclusion: a search for order among multifactorial processes and multifarious interactions
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Title
The Nature and Origin of Granite
Published by
Springer Netherlands, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5832-9
ISBNs
978-9-40-106464-4, 978-9-40-115832-9
Authors

Pitcher, Wallace Spencer

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Country Count As %
Unknown 33 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 18%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 12%
Student > Master 2 6%
Other 1 3%
Other 3 9%
Unknown 11 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 18 55%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Engineering 1 3%
Unknown 13 39%