Pyrometamorphism - Grapes, Rodney H.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006)
Introduction -- Thermal Regimes and Effects -- Quartzofeldspathic Rocks -- Calc-Silicates and Evaporites -- Mafic Rock -- Anthropogenic Pyrometamorphism -- Mineral Breakdown Reactions. Chapter 1 Additional terms and discussion from IUGS Subcommission on Systematics of Metamorphic Rocks (Contact metamorphism) Chapter 2 Further details on thermal regimes of combustion metamorphism and lightning strike pyrometamorphism + 1 diagram (various sources) Chapter 3 Additional example of pyrometamorphism of granitic rock by basalt + 1 diagram Additional examples of combustion metamorphism of quartzofeldpathic rocks + siderite from Siberia, New Zealand, Ellesmere Island (Canada) + 3 diagrams Additional material on paralava compositions Chapter 4 Additional pyrometamorphic examples of marl rocks from Israel + 3 diagrams Additional information on paralava compositions + 2 diagrams Example of lightning strike pyrometamorphism of carbonate rock Chapter 5 Additional example of pyrometamorphic recrystallization of basalt xenoliths + 1 diagram Additional example of lightning strike fusion of basaltic rock Chapter 6 Additional examples of pyrometamorphic minerals in carbonate mudstone bricks/kiln artifacts New section on biomass pyrometamorphism: 'tree stones' and slag/clinker as a result of forest fires, burning dung heaps, plant waste, straw, gorse, etc., + 2-4 diagrams; industrial biomass incineration products, wood ash + 1 diagram Additional examples of slag formation + 1 diagram Additional example of artificial fulgurite from Portugal + 1 diagram Experimental fulgurite formation + 1 diagram Chapter 7 Additional photo of hornblende breakdown Additional information on garnet breakdown + 2 diagrams Additional information on staurolite breakdown + 1 diagram.
Keywords: Mineralogy; Mineral resources; Geochemistry; Mineralogy; Mineral Resources; Geochemistry