Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-Bearing Rocks (Minerals, Rocks and Mountains Book 14)

Front Matter....Pages I-XV Introduction....Pages 1-8 Nomenclature and Petrography of Leucite-Bearing Rocks....Pages 9-17 Mineralogical Composition of Leucite-Bearing Rocks....Pages 18-37 Minor and Trace Element Geochemistry, Initial 87 Sr/ 86 Sr Ratios and Oxygen Isotopic Ratios of Leucite-Bearing Rocks....Pages 38-46 Distribution of Leucite-Bearing Rocks....Pages 47-89 Conditions of Formation of Leucite-Bearing Mafic and Ultramafic Rocks....Pages 90-93 Leucite-Bearing Ternary Joins and Systems....Pages 94-103 Leucite-Albite Incompatibility....Pages 104-112 Leucite- and Feldspar-Bearing Quaternary Joins and Systems....Pages 113-119 The System Forsterite-Diopside-Akermanite-Leucite....Pages 120-127 The System Diopside-Nepheline-Akermanite-Leucite....Pages 128-141 Solubility of KFe 3+ Si 2 O 6 in Leucite....Pages 142-146 Survival of Leucite....Pages 147-156 Study of Leucite-Bearing Systems Under Different Pressures and the $${{P}_{{{{H}_{2}}O}}} - T$$ Stabilities of Phlogopite, Potassium-Rich Richterite, and Kaersutite....Pages 157-177 Study of Leucite-Bearing Rocks in Air and Under Various P — T Conditions....Pages 178-188 Leucite-Bearing Rocks and Their Relation to Kimberlites....Pages 189-196 Structural and Tectonic Control of Alkali Magmatism with Special Reference to Leucite-Bearing Lavas....Pages 197-207 Generation of Potassium-Rich Mafic and Ultramafic Magma Capable of Producing Leucite-Bearing Rocks....Pages 208-228 Back Matter....Pages 229-254