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Summary
Summary
Magnatism is the only true endogenic process for generating new material on the Earth's surface. Obviously, magmatism and tectonic movements are reflections of geodynamics, that is, physical processes which occur in deep-seated environments. What are the interrelationships between magmatism and tectronics? How did the character of terrestrial magmatism change through time and are there any irregularities in this process?
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Bagatikov\, O A
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Magmatism and Geodynamics, a translation from the Russian of a work by four leading geologists from the Russian Academy of Sciences, explores the relationship between igneous activity and the forces that operate within the earth, but it does so by examining that relationship at various periods throughout Earth's history. The authors conclude that Earth's magmatism and tectonic activity have evolved systematically and irreversibly through time. The evidence, they suggest, shows Earth to have systematically progressed from the magmatic and tectonic regimes suggested by lunar rocks and Martian landscapes, to the plate tectonic regime that they conclude has existed on Earth for the past two billion years. This book is among a relative few to cover this topic and fewer still to attempt to document these changes throughout the complete history of Earth. In addition, its Eurasian emphasis includes data from Russia and the states of the former USSR not previously available to non-Russian readers. Although translated, the text reads well; illustrations, however, are generally of low quality. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. ; University of Texas at San Antonio
Table of Contents
| 1 Principles of Petrological Analysis of Igneous Rocks |
| 2 Magmatism and Geological Catastrophes |
| 3 Magmatism in the Context of the Present-day Tectonic Settings |
| 4 Magmatism of Phanerozoic Belts |
| 5 Phanerozoic Anorogenic Magmatism |
| 6 Early Proterozoic Magmatism and Geodynamics - Evidence of a Fundamental Change in the Earth's Evolution |
| 7 Magmatism and Geodynamics in the Archaean |
| 8 General Features of Magmatic Evolution Throughout the Earth's History |
| 9 Terrestrial and Lunar Magmatism: An Evolutionary Overview |
| 10 The Sources and Origins of Magmas |
