Igneous Geology

Richard Arculus

Igneous Geology

Richard Arculus

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THE STUDY OF THE development, migration, crystallization, and solidification of molten rock constitutes igneous geology (from the Latin ignis meaning fire). Production of a liquid silicate, oxide, or sulfide requires the ambient temperature to exceed the appropriate local solidus. Thus igneous geology can be considered, in part, as the high-temperature extension of the study of metamorphic geology, which is concerned generally with processes of solid-state transformation of rocks, typically in the presence of a hydrous (and/or carbon dioxide-rich) fluid.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (3rd ed)
Editors	R A Meyers
Place of Publication	San Diego
Publisher	Academic Press
Pages	567-581pp
Volume	17
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Print)	0122274105
Publication status	Published - 2002

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