METAMORPHIC PHASE EQUILIBRIA AND
PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE-TIME PATHS

Frank S. Spear 

Now in its second printing, Metamorphic Phase Equilibria and Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths is a monograph on metamorphic petrology written by Frank S. Spear and published by the Mineralogical Society of America. The book introduces concepts at an introductory level, and provides development to a graduate student level, so that the book may be used (selectively) in a variety of courses. 
 
 

1.An Introduction to Metamorphism and Metamorphic Processes 

2.The Metamorphic Facies 

3.Heat Flow and Metamorphism 

4.Crystal Chemistry of Rock-forming Minerals 

5.Composition Space: Graphical and Algebraic Analysis 

6.Homogeneous Phase Equilibria 

7.Activity Models for Phases of Petrologic Importance 

8.Heterogeneous Phase Equilibria 

9.Phase Relations in the System SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-Na2O-K2O-H2O (CKNASH):
Model Systems for Pelites, Quartzo-feldspathic Gneisses and Anatexis 

10.The Metamorphism of Pelites 

11.The Metamorphism of Mafic Rocks 

12.The Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomites (Calc-silicates) 

13.Metamorphism of Ultramafic and Cordierite-Anthophyllite Rocks 

14.Oxides and Sulfides in Regional Metamorphism 

15.The Calculation of Metamorphic Phase Equilibria I: Geothermometry and Geobarometry 

16.The Calculation of Metamorphic Phase Equilibria II: P-T-X-M Phase Relations 

17.The Origin and Interpretation of Zoned Metamorphic Minerals 

18.The Determination of Fluid Composition from Mineral-fluid Equilibria and Fluid Inclusions 

19.The Flow of Fluids during Metamorphism 

20.Temperature-time Histories: Radiogenic Isotopes in Metamorphism 

21.Metamorphic P-T paths and Tectonic Evolution: Examples 
 
 

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