NUMERICAL PETROLOGY

By MATTHEW MARTIN

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MINERALOGY AND CHEMISTRY OF BASALTS CRYSTALS AND MELTS THE PHASE RULE AS A TOOL DIOPSIDE AND ANORTHITE: SUPPOSEDLY A BINARY EUTECTIC SYSTEM PLAGIOCLASE: THE SYSTEM AN-AB DIOPSIDE-ALBITE: A COMPLEX SYSTEM DIOPSIDE-ANORTHITE-ALBITE FORSTERITE-DIOPSIDE-ANORTHITE: A BASALTIC ANALOG INCONGRUENT MELTING: THE SYSTEM FORSTERITE-SILICA FORSTERITE-ANORTHITE-SILICA: INCONGRUENT MELTING IN A TERNARY SYSTEM FORSTERITE-DIOPSIDE-SILICA: PYROXENES AND THEIR REACTIONS LAYERED INTRUSIONS NEPHELINE–SILICA AND THE REST OF THE BASALT TETRAHEDRON POTASSIUM: PETROGENY’S RESIDUA SYSTEM AND TERNARY FELDSPARS IRON AND OXYGEN IRON-BEARING OLIVINES AND PYROXENES THE EFFECTS OF HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS OF VOLATILES AT HIGH PRESSURE LEFTOVERS