Description
- Overview:
- This set of lecture notes about contact metamorphism contains information on contact aureoles, isograds, thermal conductivity, and latent heat of crystallization. Albite-epidote hornfels, hornblende hornfels, pyroxene hornfels, and sanidinite facies are presented. Skarns are also discussed. A number of ternary diagrams and illustrations are included. This resource is part of the Teaching Petrology collection. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/petrology03/index.html
- Subject:
- Earth Science
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Material Type:
- Lecture Notes
- Author:
- Stephen Nelson
- Provider:
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers
- Date Added:
- 10/23/2006
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Text/HTML
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