Magmatism in Extensional Structural Settings
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-73968-2 (ISBN)
The African continent is unique in that it has escaped widespread orogenic activity after the Pan African orogenic event. Therefore, the African Plate provides the world's best example of the relationship between extensional magmatism and structural setting. This first complete and up-to-date review, written by leading scientists, discusses the evolutionary model and offers a new and reliable basis for scientists working on plate tectonics and extensional areas in other continents.
I. East African Rift Volcanism.- Distribution of the Main Phanerozoic African Rifts and Associated Magmatism: Introductory Notes.- 1 The Discovery of the African Rift Geology: A Summary.- 2 Phanerozoic Volcanism of Southwest Uganda: A Case for Regional K and lile Enrichment of the Lithosphere Beneath a Domed and Rifted Continental Plate.- 3 Source Regions for Ultrapotassic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatism in the Southwest Uganda Region of the African Rift: Implications from Experimental Studies.- 4 Magmatic Evolution and Petrogenesis in the East African Rift System.- II. West African Magmatism.- West African Magmatism: Introduction.- 5 The Mesozoic Tholeiitic Province of Northwest Africa: A Volcanotectonic Record of the Early Opening of Central Atlantic.- Cretaceous and Cainozoic Magmatism of the Senegal Basin (West Afcrica): A Review.- 7 The Canary Islands: Tectonics, Magmatism and Geodynamic Framework.- 8 Relationships Between Cainozoic Magmatism and Upper Mantle Heterogeneities as Exemplified by the Hoggar Volcanic Area (Central Sahara, Southern Algeria).- III. Ring Complexes and Related Structures.- Ring Complexes and Related Structures: Introduction.- 9 The Cameroon Line: A Review.- 10 Palaeozoic Magmatism in the Air Massif, Niger.- 11 Ring-Complexes of Ofoud-Type in Air, Niger: A new Anorogenic-Type Anorthosite Association.- 12 The Chilwa Alkaline Igneous Province of Malawi: A Review.- 13 Magmatism and Mineralization Associated with Phanerozoic Anorogenic Plutonic Complexes of the African Plate.- IV. African Kimberlites.- African Kimberlites: Introduction.- 14 Southern African Kimberlites and Their Xenoliths.- 15 The Kimberlites of Central Africa: A Review.- References (compiled by A.B. Kampunzu).- Geographical Index (compiled by R.T. Lubala).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.11.2011 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XXVIII, 637 p. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 1132 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| Schlagworte | Afrika • alkaline rock • carbonatite • classification • Erdkruste • Formation • Geochemistry • Geology • Magmatismus • Mineral • Mineralogy • Petrogenesis • Petrography • Petrology • Phanerozoikum • Plate Tectonics • Remote Sensing • Tectonics |
| ISBN-10 | 3-642-73968-7 / 3642739687 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-73968-2 / 9783642739682 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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