Petrology and Plate Tectonics

Allen Glazner is Distinguished Professor of Geology Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He earned a B.A. in Geology from Pomona College and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of California at Los Angeles. An award-winning teacher specializing in igneous petrology, tectonics, and geoinformatics, he is also author of five books in the popular Geology Underfoot.series.Matt Kohn is Distinguished Professor in Geosciences at Boise State University. He earned a B.S. in Geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He uses geochemistry of metamorphic rocks to investigate orogenesis and geochemistry of fossil teeth to study Cenozoic paleoclimate and paleoecology. His book Tested describes his adventures in China during the pandemic.

• Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics and Petrology Chapter 2 Raw Materials: Formation of the Earth Chapter 3 Mid-Ocean Ridges and Production of Oceanic Crust Chapter 4 How Rocks Melt and How Melts Crystallize Chapter 5 Metamorphism and Hydration of Oceanic Lithosphere Chapter 6 Subduction and the Formation of Blueschists and Magmas Chapter 7 Volcanism and the Spectrum of Igneous Activity on Earth Chapter 8 Origins of Magmatic Diversity Chapter 9 Tools for Probing Magma Origin and Evolution Chapter 10 Plutons and How They Form Chapter 11 Contact Metamorphism, Hydrothermal Systems, and Thermochronology Chapter 12 Making Continents: Continental Collision, Accretion, and Regional Metamorphism Chapter 13 Continental Rifting and Magmatism Chapter 14 Intraplate Magmatism, Hotspots, and Large Igneous Provinces Chapter 15 What's Next? Appendix 1 Selected Mineral Abbreviations Appendix 2 Review of Rock-Forming Minerals Appendix 3 Description and Classification of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks Appendix 4 Periodic Table of the Elements Appendix 5 Geologic Time Scale Appendix 6 Mineral/Melt Distribution Coefficients Appendix 7 Mineral Formulas and Formula Weights Appendix 8 Mineral Oxide Compositions Appendix 9 Oxide Molecular Weights and Gravimetric Factors Appendix 10 Plots of Average Igneous Rock Compositions

The text is written so the student knows that not all questions in petrology are answered yet. The writing is engaging and pushes students to ask questions, and then the text provides tools to help the students answer those questions. - Jason Ricketts, University of Texas, El Paso