Mass Transport in Magmatic Systems

A comprehensive study of mass and energy transfer in the Earth and terrestrial planets that covers both chemical and physical properties

Bjorn Mysen (Author)

9780128212011, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 13 October 2022

908 pages, Approx. 200 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 5.5 cm, 1.86 kg

Mass Transport in Magmatic Systems describes the properties and processes of these natural occurrences, including a description and discussions of how properties can be used for quantitative description of mass and energy transport on, and in, Earth and terrestrial planets. As the experimentally obtained chemical and physical properties of magma is scattered across literature, this book provides a comprehensive volume on the topic. Moreover, links between properties and processes are rarely appreciated. This makes it challenging for a non-experimentalist to access, evaluate, and apply such data.

1. Melting, crystallization, and melting intervals
2. Melting and crystallization phase relations
3. Element partitioning
4. COHNS volatiles in magmatic liquids
5. Thermodynamics of magmatic systems
6. Equation-of-state of magma
7. Transport properties
8. Behavior of glass versus melt
9. Magma transfer mechanisms

Subject Areas: Geochemistry [RBGK], Chemistry [PN]