Layered Intrusions

• Part I: Formation and Evolution of Cumulate Rocks.- Geochronology of Layered Intrusions.- Igneous Layering in Magma Chambers.- Quantitative Textural Analysis of Rocks in Layered Mafic Intrusions.- The Influence of Interfacial Energies on Igneous Microstructures.-Silicate Liquid Immiscibility in Layered Intrusions.- Marginal Reversals in Layered Intrusions.- The Significance of Magnetic Fabric in Layered Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions.- Physical Controls of Nucleation, Growth and Migration of Vapor Bubbles in Partially Molten Cumulates.- Platinum-group Elements Deposits in Layered Intrusions: Recent Advances in the Understanding of the Ore Forming Processes.- Part II: Reviews of Major Layered Intrusions.- The Panzhihua Intrusion, Southwestern China.-The Sept Iles Intrusive Suite, Quebec.- The Bushveld Complex, South Africa.- The Kiglapait Layered Intrusion, Labrador.- The Ilimaussaq Intrusion, Greenland.- Ophiolitic Magma Chambers; a Perspective from the Canadian Appalachians.

“Layered Intrusions is a synthesis of current knowledge on processes that are related to magma-chamber evolution. This book is a good starting point for anyone considering a new project on layered intrusions. It is also suitable for undergraduate to graduate students as processes are broadly explained with a strong involvement of field examples. I recommend this book also from my personal background as an experimental petrologist … .” (Michael W. Foerster, American Mineralogist, Vol. 101, 2016)