Information on the most recent advances in the nature and classification of alkaline rocks. Includes an extensive section on ore deposits associated with alkaline rocks.

This short course, the first in a new format, is designed to provide a broad overview of recent developments in the understanding of magmatic-hydorthermal processes. The relationship between magmas, particularly intrusions, and mineral deposits has been of interest to exploration and academic geologists for most of this century. This short course was organized to review the new ideas related to magmatic-hydorthermal processes, the techniques and approaches that have led to these ideas, and the implications for a variety of types of deposits. Individual papers review important concepts, and in several cases, present new results. Other papers take a case-history approach, with reference to one type of data, or an individual or related group of deposits.

Environmental geochemistry has long been a subject of serious scientific pursuit, but only in the last decade or so have the environment and its preservation become every day topics among the general public. Thus, this Short Course on the geochemistry of sulfide-bearing mine wastes is timely and relevant, and the collection of papers within this Volume provides examples of current progress and of how science can be applied in a practical way to environmental objectives.

Experiments at high pressures and temperatures provide a unique opportunity to simulate conditions within the Earth in a laboratory setting. As we learn more about the equilibrium properties of Earth materials, more attention can be paid to the equally important kinetic processes and transport properties of materials, which exert significant influence on processes occurring within the Earth. This short-course volume surveys techniques for experiments at a variety of conditions and provides an overview of the results of such experiments and the insights they provide into the workings of the Earth.

Low Temperature Thermochronology is concerned with the study of the time-temperature history of the shallow levels of the Earth’s crust, where temperatures are generally between about 25oC and 300oC. This volume describes two techniques particularly useful to explore this temperature regime: 40Ar/39Ar in K-feldspar and mica, fission track techniques and fission-track modelling methods of apatite. It also discusses applications and case histories.

A review of the application of long-lived radionuclides in the Earth sciences, covering both geochronology and isotope tracer applications.

This introduction to the behavior and effects of fluids in tectonically active portions of the crust brings together contributions from experts in such widely disparate fields as environmental geology, metamorphic petrology and the genesis of ore deposits

The course for which this Handbook was prepared was an attempt to bring together and critically review the longestablished qualitative techniques of ore microscopy, the modern approach to quantitative ore microscopy, and the advanced microbeam and spectroscopic methods of analysis of ore minerals.

Image analysis has been used in many fields of science since 1965. This volume was designed to acquaint the operator and supervisor with types of problems that can be solved by image analysis, and to define the necessary algorithms that image analysers must have to solve problems.

An introduction to the diversity of techniques that can be applied to diagenetic studies. Burial Diagenesis spans processes from sedimentation to metamorphism and will be of interest to academic and economic geologists.

This volume introduces the general principles of studying the transfer of heat through the crust, discusses the kinetics and thermodynamics of some of the events that occur during intrusion and metamorphism. It is also concerned with tectonics aspects of heat transfer and the magmatic and metamorphic consequences.

Stable isotope geochemistry has become an important discipline within the Earth sciences. Its applications are wide ranging, from the studies of the paleocology of extinct life forms to those that seek answers about the origin of the Earth and solar system.

A review of the physical and chemical properties of silicate melts, and a discussion of their applications in geochemistry, petrology, economic geology and planetary geology. As all aspects of igneous phenomena depend upon a sound knowledge of the melt phase, this topic is of considerable geological significance.

A review of the applications of transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy in the Earth sciences with emphasis on TEM. Contributions represent the wide range of applications and methodologies made possible by electron microscopy.

A review of the applications of transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy in the Earth sciences with emphasis on TEM. Contributions represent the wide range of applications and methodologies made possible by electron microscopy.

A comprehensive instructional text on environmental geochemistry dealing with the following aspects: the geochemical cycle; chemical speciation and mineral stabilities in aqueous solutions; metal-organic species in natural waters; weathering processes of rock-forming minerals; human perturbation of the geochemical cycle; essential, toxic and therapeutic functions of metals; modern methods of surface analysis and micro-analysis; regional geochemical surveys; environmental modelling and geological disposal of nuclear fuel waste; soil organic matter : its role in the environment; groundwater contamination.

A classic! Against the background of Large’s empirical model based on several classical and well-studied deposits, papers deal with individual deposits and selected thematic aspects. The reader will come to appreciate the unifying features of this deposit type as well as their diversities and complexities.

A review of the application of neutron activation analysis in mineralogy, petrology, subsurface mineral exploration, environmental studies and geochemistry. Many chapters are also devoted to the nuts and bolts of neutron activation analysis.

Useful to mineralogists, to scientists working in industries using asbestos and to researchers on occupational health problems related to asbestos dust.

Our most popular short course volume ever! It has proved to be useful in both undergraduate and graduate courses on mineral deposits geology taught anywhere and to the uranium exploration industry. Uranium in Canada is emphasized in about half of the text.

In its fourth printing, this volume focuses on the role of the thermodynamic theory in aiding our understanding of rocks and ores through carefully worked examples. There are no new principles in this book since there have been no new principles since 1876 when Gibbs published his paper “ On the Equilibrium of Heteregeneous substances”. What is new is applying the principles of thermodynamics to rocks.