Volume 3. The Crust

"The Crust is certainly the work that should be of greatest interest to workers in the field of economic geology." (Richard J. Goldfarb, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA)

Roberta L. Rudnick
Professor
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
USA
E-mail:rudnick@geol.umd.edu

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Volume 3 examines the chemical composition of the Earth’s crust, starting with the continental crust and the rocks exposed therein, moving on to oceanic crust (MORB and oceanic plateaus) and finishing with island arc crust. In addition to providing a descriptive geochemistry of the Earth’s crust, the volume summarizes the processes responsible for crustal formation and modification, exchange between the crust and other Earth reservoirs (mantle, oceans and atmosphere), and examines the secular evolution of the crust.

Introduction: Roberta L. Rudnick
1. Composition of the Continental Crust: Roberta L. Rudnick, Shan Gao
2. Constraints on Crustal Heat Production from Heat Flow Data: Claude Jaupart, Jean-Claude Mareschal
3. Continental Basaltic Rocks: G. Lang Farmer
4. Volcanic Degassing: Clive Oppenheimer
5. Timescales of Magma Transfer and Storage in the Crust: Mary R. Reid
6. Fluid Flow in the Deep Crust: Jay Ague
7. Geochemical Zoning in Metamorphic Minerals: Matthew J. Kohn
8. Geochronology and Thermochronology in Orogenic Systems: Kip V. Hodges
9. Continental Crust Subduction and Ultrahigh Pressure Metamorphism: Douglas R. Rumble, III, Juhn G. Liou, Bor-ming Jahn
10. Ages and Growth of the Continental Crust from Radiogenic Isotopes: P. Jonathan Patchett, Scott D. Samson
11. Granitic Perspectives on the Generation and Secular Evolution of the Continental Crust: Chris J. Hawkesworth, Tony J. Kemp
12. Ores in the Earth's Crust: Philip A. Candela
13. Geochemistry of the Igneous Ocean Crust: Emily Klein
14. Melt Migration in Oceanic Crustal Production: A U-series Perspective: Tim Elliott, Marc W. Spiegelman
15. Hydrothermal Alteration Processes: Hubert Staudigel
16. Oceanic Plateaus: Andrew C. Kerr
17. Generation of Mobile Components during Subduction of Oceanic Crust: Max W. Schmidt, Stefano Poli
18. One View of the Geochemistry of Subduction-related Magmatic Arcs, with Emphasis on Primitive Andesite and Lower Crust: Peter Kelemen