The Role of Fluids in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Processes
by
Daniel Harlov, Hakon Austrheim
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Fluid-aided mass transfer and subsequent mineral re-equilibration are the two defining features of metasomatism and must be present in order for metamorphism to occur. Coupled with igneous and tectonic processes, metasomatism has played a major role in the formation of the Earth’s continental and...