Alkaline igneous rocks

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 15
Mantle metasomatism - perspective and prospect......Page 21
Alkaline rocks and their inclusions: a window on the Earth's interior......Page 34
The genesis of alkaline magmas with emphasis on their source
regions: inferences from experimental studies......Page 47
Nephelinites and carbonatites......Page 71
Alkalic carbonatite magmas- parental or derivative?......Page 102
The kimberlite clan: relationship with olivine and leucite
lamproites, and inferences for upper-mantle metasomatism......Page 112
Lamproites and other potassium-rich igneous rocks: a review of
their occurrence, mineralogy and geochemistry......Page 119
The nature and origin of lamprophyres: an overview......Page 207
Hawaiian alkaline volcanism......Page 243
Geochemistry of ocean island basalts from the South Atlantic:
Ascension, Bouvet, St. Helena, Gough and Tristan da Cunha......Page 269
Magma and fluid evolution in the lavas and associated granite
xenoliths of Ascension Island......Page 284
The Cameroon line, West Africa: a comparison between oceanic
and continental alkaline volcanism......Page 288
Outline of the petrology of the Kenya rift alkaline province......Page 307
Quaternary peralkaline silicic rocks and caldera volcanoes of Kenya......Page 326
The petrochemistry of the northern part of the Chilwa alkaline
province, Malawi......Page 347
Niger-Nigerian alkaline ring complexes: a classic example of
African Phanerozoic anorogenic mid-plate magmatism......Page 368
Alkaline magmatism subsequent to collision in the Pan-African belt
of the Adrar des Iforas (Mali)......Page 391
The petrology, chemistry and crystallization history of the Velasco
alkaline province, eastern Bolivia......Page 412
Tertiary alkaline magmatism in Trans-Pecos Texas......Page 423
The Monteregian Hills and White Mountain alkaline igneous
provinces, eastern North America......Page 440
Mid-Proterozoic alkaline magmatism in southern Greenland: the Gardar province......Page 455
The llimaussaq intrusion progressive crystallization and
formation of layering in an agpaitic magma......Page 478
Tertiary alkaline magmatism in East Greenland:
a review......Page 494
Tertiary and Quaternary volcanism in the Massif Central, France......Page 521
Alkaline rocks of the eastern part of the Baltic Shield
(Kola Peninsula)......Page 535
Index......Page 549