Mind over Magma : : The Story of Igneous Petrology / / Davis A. Young.
Mind over Magma chronicles the scientific effort to unravel the mysteries of rocks that solidified on or beneath Earth's surface from the intensely hot, molten material called magma. The first-ever comprehensive history of the study of such igneous rocks, it traces the development of igneous pe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FIGURES
- TABLES
- PREFACE
- THE FOUNDATIONAL ERA
- 1. BREATH-PIPES AND IGNIVOMOUS MOUNTAINS
- 2. BASALTES PRISMATIQUES
- 3. FIRE OR WATER?
- 4. THE "INSOLENTLY TRIUMPHANT DOGMAII
- 5. SUBTERRANEOUS LAVA
- THE PRIMITIVE ERA
- 6. WET OR DRY?
- 7. CLASSES AND ORDERS
- 8. BASALT AND TRACHYTE
- THE MICROSCOPE ERA
- 9. MINUTE OBJECTS, GREAT CONCLUSIONS
- 10. BASALT OR MELAPHYRE?
- 11. PROVINCES AND PLUGS
- 12. SPALTUNG UND KERNE
- 13. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY
- 14. THE LANGUAGE OF PETROLOGY
- 15. MELDOMETERS AND THERMOCOUPLES
- THE EXPERIMENTAL ERA
- 16. CLEARING THE MISTS
- 17. AN UNSURPASSED NATURAL LABORATORY
- 18. CONE SHEETS AND CAULDRONS
- 19. MAGMA OR EMANATIONS?
- 20. PONTIFFS AND SOAKS
- 21. MODES AND NORMS
- THE GEOCHEMICAL ERA
- 22. STRUCTURES AND SPECTRA
- 23. THE SEA BELOW, THE HEAVENS ABOVE
- 24. DELTA AND EPSILON
- 25. MATHEMATICAL MODELING
- 26. BOMBS AND BUFFERS
- 27. CLASSIFICATION SALVAGED?
- The Fluid Dynamical Era
- 28. RAYLEIGH AND REYNOLDS
- 29. PARADIGM LOST, PARADIGM REGAINED?
- 30. PAST AND FUTURE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF NAMES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS