Petrology - Principles and Practice
by Gautam Sen
Springer | November 2013 | ISBN 978-3-642-38799-9 | Tue PDF | 370 pages | 33.4 mb

This undergraduate textbook on the key subject of geology closely follows the core curriculum adopted by most universities throughout the world and is a must for every geology student. It covers all aspects of petrology, including not only the principles of petrology but also applications to the origin, composition, and field relationships of rocks. Although petrology is commonly taught in the junior year, this book is a useful resource for graduate students as well.

About the Author
Prior to joining the American University of Sharjah (AUS) as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor of Environmental Sciences, Dr. Gautam Sen was Associate Dean of Research at Florida International University (FIU). At FIU, he also served as Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences (currently Earth and Environment), and was the recipient of research awards and the prestigious Excellence in Service Award. He is presently on a leave-of-absence from FIU, where he is a tenured Full Professor.
Professor Sen has written/edited books and published papers in highly ranked journals, including Science and Nature. One of his papers was chosen to be the cover article in Science. Dr. Sen has served on international committees, chaired conferences, given numerous lectures and chaired technical conferences worldwide. He has supervised four doctoral dissertations, four post-doctoral fellows, and served on many more doctoral and master's committees. He has supervised many graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
Professor Sen received his PhD in Geosciences from the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California at Los Angeles.

CONTENTS
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Introduction to Igneous Rocks . . . . . . . . . . 19
3 Phase Relations in Simple Systems: Key to Magma Generation,
Crystallization, and Mixing . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 Phase Relationships in Ternary Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
5 Magma Formation and Segregation . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6 Igneous Rock Series: Basalt Magma Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
7 Basalt Magma Generation: Perspectives from Experimental Petrology . . . . . 151
8 Basaltic Magmatism at Mid-Oceanic Ridges and Hawaiian Hot Spot . . . . . . . 163
9 Large Igneous Provinces: Deccan Traps and Columbia River Basalts . . . . . . 189
10 Subduction Zone Magmas . . . . . . . .. . . . 209
11 Alkaline and Ultra-Alkaline Rocks, Carbonatites, and Kimberlites . . . . . . . . 243
12 Anorthosites and Komatiites . . . . . . . . . 261
13 Sediments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
14 Sedimentary Rocks . . . . . . . . . . 299
15 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
16 Metamorphic Facies, Reactions, and P–T–t Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Appendix A: A Brief Introduction to Isotope Geochemistry . . . .. . . . . 351
Appendix B: Simplified CIPW Norm Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
References . . . . . . . . . . . 359