I: Nucleation and Crystal Growth.- 1 / Nucleation Theories.- 1.1. Homogeneous Nucleation.- 1.2. Heterogeneous Nucleation.- 1.3. Sites of Heterogeneous Nucleation.- 1.3.1. Crystal Defects.- 1.3.2. Grain Boundaries.- 2 / Theories of Crystal Growth.- 2.1. Dendritic Growth.- 2.2. 'Layer by Layer' Growth.- 2.3. Spiral Growth.- 2.4. Other Mechanism of Crystal Growth.- 2.4.1. 'Vertex-edge' Growth.- 2.4.2. Growth on a Twin Plane.- 2.5. Mass Transfer Phenoma.- 2.5.1. Liquid?solid Transformations.- 2.5.2. Solid?solid Transformations.- 2.6. Crystal Form and Size.- 2.6.1 Crystal Form.- 2.6.2. Crystal Size.- II: Order of Crystallization in Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks.- 3 / General Chronological Criteria.- 4 / Orders of Crystallization in Igneous Rocks.- 4.1. Textures of Binary Systems Subjected to Eutectic Reactions.- 4.2. Textures of Binary Systems Subjected to Peritectic Reactions.- 4.3. Textures of More Complex Systems.- 4.4. Textures of Systems Comprising Volatile Constituents.- 4.5. Textures of Systems Precipitating Solid Phases of Different Densities.- 4.6. 'Spinifex' Textures.- 5 / Orders of Crystallization in Metamorphic Rocks.- 5.1. Reaction Microtextures.- 5.2. Crystallization-Deformation Relations.- 5.3. Pre-, Syn-, and Post-Kinematic Minerals.- 5.3.1. Pre-Kinematic Minerals.- 5.3.2. Post-Kinematic Minerals.- 5.3.3. Syn-Kinematic Minerals.- 5.3.4. Superposed Crystallization and Deformations.- III: Examples of Microtextures.- 6 / Principal Textures of Igneous Rocks.- 6.1. Classification of the Principal Igneous Rocks.- 6.2. Thin Sections of Igneous Rocks.- 7 / Principal Textures of Metamorphic Rocks.- 7.1. Classification of Tectonite Textures.- 7.2. Petrochemical Classification of Metamorphic Rocks.- 7.3. Thin Sections of Metamorphic Rocks.- Notes.- References.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Microtexture des roches magmatiques et métamorphiques.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Igneous rocks.
Metamorphic rocks.
Petrofabric analysis.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
J.P. Bard ; translated from the French by Marianne Mareschal.