Origins of Igneous Layering

1. Layering in the Ilimaussaq Alkaline Intrusion, South Greenland.- 2. Layering, Compaction and Post-Magmatic Processes in the Klokken Intrusion.- 3. Gabbroic, Syenogabbroic and Syenitic Cumulates of the Tugtutôq Younger Giant Dyke Complex, South Greenland.- 4. A Large Soft-Sediment Fold in the Lilloise Intrusion, East Greenland.- 5. The Southern Part of the Fongen-Hyllingen Layered Mafic Complex, Norway: Emplacement and Crystallization of Compositionally Stratified Magma.- 6. Layering and Related Structures in the Duke Island and Skaergapard Intrusions: Similarities , Differences, and Origins.- 7. Rhythmic Layering of the Skaergaard Intrusion.- 8. The Rhum Layered Complex, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.- 9. The Organization and Internal Structure of Cyclic Units in the Honningsvåg Intrusive Suite, North Norway: Implications for Intrusive Mechanisms, Dole-Diffusive Convection and Pore-Magma Infiltration.- 10. The Formation of Stratiform Pge Deposits in Layered Intrusions.- 11. The Development of Compositional and Textural Layering in Archaean Komatiites and in Prcterozoic Kcmatiitic Basalts from Cape Smith, Québec, Canada.- 12. Some Illustrations of Igneous Layering.- 13. Constitutional Zone Refining of Layered Intrusions.- 14. Pattern Formation During Crystallization and the Formation of Fine-Scale Layering.- 15. Textural Equilibrium in Layered Igneous Rocks.- 16. Solidification Contraction: Another Approach to Cumulus Processes and the Origin of Igneous Layering.- 17. Laboratory Experiments with Aqueous Solutions Modelling Magma Chamber Processes. I. Discussion of Their Validity and Geological Application.- 18. Laboratory Experiments with Aqueous Solutions Modelling Magma Chamber Processes II. Cooling and Crystallization Along Inclined Planes.- 19. Experimental Modelling of Interstitial Melt Convection in Cumulus Piles.- 20. The Modelling of Formation of Apatite Deposits of the Khibina Massif (Kola Peninsula).- 21. Characteristic Dimensions and Tats for Dynamic

`...one of the most important books about layered intrusions since Layered Igneous Rocks by Wagner and Brown.' Economic Geology, 83:2 (1988) `This book uniquely covers this range with an abundance of first-hand field observations and a good dose of process conceptualization, magma physics, and crystal growth kinetics. Three things set this book apart from most others in this vein: each paper is to the point, worth reading, and even worth studying; the abundant photographs are excellent, not only in choice but in reproduction, continually drawing one into the text; and a strong interawareness of field, experiment, and theory appears in nearly every paper. This book is a landmark publication, literally reeking of wonderful field observations and a host of well thought out and well presented ideas. Every serious igneous petrologist will want this book. It is simply excellent. Parsons has done a splendid job.' EOS, September 1988