Lent Reading List - Option 9: Reading the Rocks

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A number of these references will be available in the part II/III reprint collection housed in the Library Office. A full listing of what is in this collection is available on the Library website.

General Resources

Granitic Pegmatites (2012) Elements, vol. 8, number 4. There are many interesting articles touching on issues of crystal growth.
Higgins, M.D. (2006) Quantitative textural measurements in igneous and metamorphic petrology. CUP.
Kretz, R. (1994) Metamorphic Crystallisation. Wiley.
Tiller, W.A. (1977) On the cross-pollenation of crystallisation ideas between metallurgy and geology. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2, 125-151.
*Vernon, R.H. (2004) A practical guide to rock microstructure. CUP. £34.99. Highly recommended, especially if you are planning to do a hard-rock PhD.

Lectures 1 - 5 Dr Marian Holness

Lecture 1 - Crystal nucleation and growth

Boudreau, A.E. (1987) Pattern formation during crystallisation and the formation of fine-scale layering. in: Parson, I. (ed.) Origins of igneous layering, 453-471.
Cashman, K.V. (1988) Crystallisation of Mount St. Helen’s 1980-1986 dacite: a quantitative textural approach. Bulletin of Volcanology, 50, 194-209.
Davis, M.J., and Ihinger, P.D. 1998 Heterogeneous nucleation on bubbles in silicate melt. American Mineralogist, 83, 1008-1015.
Hammer, J.E., Sharp, T.G. & Wessel, P. (2010) Heterogeneous nucleation and epitaxial crystal growth of magmatic minerals. Geology, 38, 367-370.
*Holness, M.B. (1997) Geochemical self-organization of olivine-grade contact-metamorphosed chert nodules in dolomite marble, Kilchrist, Skye. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 15: 765-776
Kirkpatrick, R.J. (1981) Kinetics of crystallization of igneous rocks. Mineralogical Society of America, Reviews in Mineralogy, 8, 321-398. CamTools for Part III & Part II
London , D. (2009) The origin of primary textures in granitic pegmatites. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47, 697-724.
*Marsh, B.D. (1988) Crystal size distribution (CSD) in rocks and the kinetics and dynamics of crystallisation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 99, 277-291.
Putnis, A & Mauthe, G. (2001) The effect of pore size on cementation in porous rocks. Geofluids, 1, 37-41.
Swanson, S.E. (1977) Relation of nucleation and crystal-growth rate to the development of granitic textures. American Mineralogist, 62, 966-978.
Roselle, G.T., Baumgartner, L.P. & Chapman, J.A. (1997) Nucleation-dominated crystallisation of forsterite in the Ubehebe Peak contact aureole, California. Geology, 25, 823-826.

Lecture 2 – Crystal shape

Donaldson, C.H. (1974) Olivine crystal types in harrisitic rocks of the Rhum pluton and in Archean spinifex rocks. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 85, 1721-1726.
Donaldson, C.H. (1976) An experimental investigation of olivine morphology. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 57, 187-213.
*Faure, F., Trolliard, G., Nicollet, C. & Montel, J.-M. (2003) A developmental model of olivine morphology as a function of the cooling rate and the degree of undercooling. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 145, 251-263.
Fenn, P.M. (1986) On the origin of graphic granite. American Mineralogist, 71, 323-330.
Hammer, J.E. (2009) Application of a textural geospeedometer to the late-stage magmatic history of MIL 03346. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 44, 141-154.
Jamtveit, B., and Andersen, T.B. (1992) Morphological instabilities during rapid growth of metamorphic garnets. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 19, 176-184.
Keith, H.D., and Padden, F.J. (1963) A phenomenological theory of spherulitic crystallisation. Journal of Applied Physics, 34, 2409-2421.
*Lentz, D.R., and Fowler, A.D. (1992) A dynamic model for graphic quartz-feldspar intergrowths in granitic pegmatites in the southwestern Grenville Province. Canadian Mineralogist, 30, 571-585.
Lofgren, G. (1971) Spherulitic textures in glassy and crystalline rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research, 76, 5635-5648.
Lofgren, G. (1980) Experimental studies of the dynamic crystallisation of silicate melts. in: Hargraves, R.B. (ed.) Physics of Magmatic Processes. Chapter 11. (B 30.104)
*Porter, D.A., and Easterling, K.E. (1981) Phase transformations in metals and alloys. Chapter 4 (B 30.107)
Shore, M. and Fowler, A.D. 1999 The origin of spinifex texture in komatiites. Nature, 397, 691-694.

Lecture 3 – Textural equilibrium

Beere, W. (1975) A unifying theory of the stability of penetrating liquid phases and sintering pores. Acta Metallurgica, 23, 131-145.
Bulau, J.R., Waff, H.S. & Tyburczy, J.A. (1979) Mechanical and thermodynamic constraints on fluid distribution in partial melts. Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, 6102-6108.
Holness M.B. 1993 Temperature and pressure dependence of quartz-aqueous fluid dihedral angles: the control of adsorbed H2O on the permeability of quartzites. Earth Planetary Science Letters 117: 363-377.
*Holness, M.B. 2006 Melt-solid dihedral angles of common minerals in natural rocks. Journal of Petrology, 47, 791-800.
*Hunter, R.H. (1987) Textural equilibrium in layered igneous rocks. In: (ed. Parsons, I.) Origins of igneous layering. Dordrecht: D. Reidel. pp. 473–503.
*Laporte D., & Provost, A. (2000) Equilibrium geometry of a fluid phase in a polycrystalline aggregate with anisotropic surface energies: Dry grain boundaries. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 25937-25953.
Laporte, D., Rapaille, C. & Provost, A. (1997) Wetting angles, equilibrium melt geometry, and the permeability threshold of partially molten crustal protoliths. In: Granite: From segregation of melt to emplacement fabrics. (eds. Bouchez, J.-L., Hutton, D.H. & Stephens, W.E.) pp. 31-54. Kluwer Acad., Norwell, Mass.
Laporte, D. & Watson, E.B. (1995) Experimental and theoretical constraints on melt distribution in crustal sources: the effect of crystalline anisotropy on melt interconnectivity. Chemical Geology, 124, 161-184.
Minarik, W.G. & Watson, E.B. (1995) Interconnectivity of carbonate melt at low melt fraction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 133, 423-437.

Lecture 4 – Microstructures in cumulates

Boorman, S., Boudreau, A. and Kruger, F.J. (2004) The Lower Zone – Critical Zone transition of the Bushveld Complex: a quantitative textural study. Journal of Petrology, 45, 1209-1235.
Campbell, I.H. (1987) Distribution of orthocumulate textures in the Jimberlana Intrusion. Journal of Geology, 95, 35-54.
Cheadle, M.J., Elliott, M.T. and McKenzie, D. (2004) Percolation threshold and permeability of crystallising igneous rocks: the importance of textural equilibrium. Geology, 32, 757-760.
Holness, M.B., Anderson, A.T., Martin V.M., Maclennan, J., PassmoreE., & Schwindinger, K. (2007) Textures in partially solidified crystalline nodules: a window into the pore structure of slowly cooled mafic intrusions. Journal of Petrology, 48, 1243-1264.
*Holness, M.B., Humphreys, M.C.S., Sides, R., Helz, R.T. and Tegner, C. (2012) Towards an understanding of disequilibrium dihedral angles in mafic rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1029/2011JB008902.
Holness, M.B., Richardson, C. and Helz, R.T. (2012) Disequilibrium dihedral angles in dolerite sills: a new proxy for cooling rate. Geology, 40, 795-798.
Hunter, R.H. (1996) Texture development in cumulate rocks. In: (ed. Cawthorn, R.G.) Layered Intrusions. Developments in Petrology, 15, 77-101. Elsevier Science B.V.
Morse, S.A. (1986) Convection in aid of adcumulus growth. Journal of Petrology, 27, 1183-1214.
Sparks, R.S.J., Huppert, H.E., Kerr, R.C., McKenzie, D.P. and Tait, S.R. (1985) Postcumulus processes in layered intrusions. Geological Magazine, 122, 555-568.
Tait, S.R. and Jaupart, C. (1992) Compositional convection in a reactive crystalline mush and melt differentiation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 6735-6756.
Wager, L.R., Brown, G.M. & Wadsworth, W.J. (1960) Types of igneous cumulates. Journal of Petrology, 1, 73-85.
Walker, D., Jurewicz S. & Watson, E.B. (1988) Adcumulus dunite growth in a laboratory thermal gradient. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 99, 306-319.

Lecture 5 – Mafic layered intrusions: Rum and Skaergaard

* Emeleus, C. H., Cheadle, M. J., Hunter, R. H., Upton, B. G. J., & Wadsworth, W. J. (1996) The Rum Layered Suite. In Layered Intrusions (eds R.G. Cawthorn, R.G.), 403-439, Developments in Petrology, 15. The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Emeleus, C. H. (1997) Geology of Rum and the adjacent islands. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 60. pp.170.
Holness, M.B., Stripp, G., Humphreys, M.C.S., Veklser, I.V., Nielsen, T.F.D. and Tegner, C. (2011) Silicate liquid immiscibility within the crystal mush: late-stage magmatic microstructures in the Skaergaard intrusion, East Greenland. Journal of Petrology, 52, 175-222.
Holness M.B. and Winpenny B. (2008) The Unit 12 allivalite, Eastern Layered Intrusion, Isle of Rum: a textural and geochemical study of an open-system magma chamber. Geological Magazine, 146, 437-450.
* Irvine, T.N., Andersen, J.C. Ø. & Brooks, C.K. (1998) Included blocks (and blocks within blocks) in the Skaergaard intrusion: geological relations and the origins of rhythmic modally graded layers. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 110, 1398-1447.
Jakobsen, J.K., Veksler, I.V., Tegner, C. & Brooks, C.K. (2005) Immiscible iron- and silica-rich melts in basalt petrogenesis documented in the Skaergaard Intrusion. Geology, 33, 885-888.
* McBirney, A.R. (1996) The Skaergaard intrusion. In: (Cawthorn, R.G.ed). Layered Intrusions. 147-180.
O’Driscoll, B., Donaldson, C.H., Troll, V.R., Jerram, D.A. & Emeleus, C.H. (2007) An origin for harrisitic and granular olivine in the Rum Layered Suite, NW Scotland: a crystal size distribution study. Journal of Petrology, 48, 253-270.
Troll, V., Emeleus, C.H. & Donaldson, C.H. (2000) Caldera formation in the Rum Central Igneous Complex, Scotland. Bulletin of Volcanology, 62, 301-317.

Lectures 6 - 10 Dr Andy Woods

Lectures 11 - 16 Dr Sally Gibson

Lecture 11 Introduction to small-fraction volatile-rich mantle melts

Dawson, J. B., 1994. Quaternary kimberlitic volcanism on the Tanzania Craton. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 116(4), 473.
Kurszlaukis, S. & Lorenz, V., 2008. Formation of "Tuffisitic Kimberlites" by phreatomagmatic processes. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 174(1-3), 68
*Russell, J.K., Porritt, L.A, Lavallee, Y & Dingwell, D.B., 2012. Kimberlite ascent by assimilation-fuelled buoyancy. Nature 10740, 352-356.
Sparks, R. S. J., Baker, L., Brown, R. J., Field, M., Schumacher, J., Stripp, G. & Walters, A., 2006. Dynamical constraints on kimberlite volcanism. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 155(1-2), 18
Sparks, R. S. J., Brown, R. J., Field, M. & Gilbertson, M., 2007. Kimberlite ascent and eruption. Nature, 450(7172), E21.
Wilson, L. & Head, J. W., 2007. An integrated model of kimberlite ascent and eruption. Nature, 447(7140), 53.

Lecture 12 Kimberlite petrogenesis I

Brey, G., Bulatov, VK, Girnis, AV., Lahaye, Y., 2008. Experimental Melting of Carbonated Peridotite at 6–10 GPa. Journal of Petrology 49, 797
* Brett, R.C., Russell, J.K. & Moss, S., (2009). Origin of olivine in kimberlite: Phenocryst or imposter? Lithos 112S, 201-212
Gudfinnson GH and Presnall DC. (2005) Continuous gradations among primary carbonatitic, kimberlitic, melilitic, basaltic, picritic and komatiitic melts in equilibrium with garnet lherzolite at 3–8 GPa. Journal of Petrology 46, 81646–1659.
McKenzie, D.P., 1989. Some remarks on the movement of small melt fractions in the mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 95, 53-72.
*Tachibana, Y., Kaneoka, I., Gaffney, A. & Upton, B. (2006). Ocean island basalt-like source of kimberlite magmas from West Greenland revealed by high ³He/⁴He ratios. Geology 34, 273-276

Lecture 13 Kimberlite petrogenesis II

Becker, M. & Le Roex, A.P., 2006. Geochemistry of South African On- and Off-craton, Group I and Group II Kimberlites: Petrogenesis and Source Region Evolution. J. Petrology 47: 673 - 703.
Dawson, J.B., 1980. Kimberlites and their xenoliths. Springer Verlag.
Gibson, S.A., Thompson, R.N., Leonardos, O.H., Dickin, A.P. & Mitchell, J.G., 1995. The Late Cretaceous impact of the Trindade mantle plume: evidence from large-volume, mafic, potassic magmatism in SE Brazil. J. Petrology, 36, 189-229.
*Le Roex, A.P., 1986. Geochemical correlation between Southern African kimberlites and South Atlantic hot spots. Nature 324, 243-245.
Le Roex, A.P., Bell, D.R. & Davis, P., 2003. Petrogenesis of Group I kimberlites from Kimberley, South Africa: Evidence from bulk-rock geochemistry. J. Petrology 44, 2261-2286.
Price, S.E., Rusell, J.K. & Kopylova, M.G., 2000. Primitive magma from the Jericho Pipe, N.W.T., Canada: Constraints on primary kimberlite melt chemistry. J. Petrology 41: 789-808.

Lecture 14 ‘Low-pressure’ volatile-rich small-fraction melts:lamprophyres & carbonatites

Lecture 15 Carbonatite petrogenesis

Lecture 16 Carbonatites in the oceans

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