Basalt : types, petrology, and uses / Janet P. West, editor.

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BASALT TYPES, PETROLOGY AND USES; BASALT TYPES, PETROLOGY AND USES ; Contents; Preface; Flood Basalts, Mantle Plumes and Asteroid Impacts: Review and Analysis; Hannover, Germany; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Asteroid Belts and the Late Heavy; Bombardment (LHB); 3. Impact History on Earth; 4. Mantle Plumes, Continental Flood Basalt Eruptions, and Volcanic Hot Spots; Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs); Mantle Plumes and Sedimentary Basins; Origin of Mantle Plumes; 5. Onset of Life; 6. Core and Magnetic Field; 7. Vents; 8. Large Igneous Provinces and Impacts; Ontong Java Plateau.

Kerguelen Plateau (and Raimahal Flood Basalts)Deccan Traps; Siberian Traps; Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP); Paraná-Etendeka Province; 9. Impacts, Hot Spots (Greater Atlantic Ocean Area and Indian Ocean), Large Igneous Provinces, and Hydrothermal Vents (Atlantic Ocean); Conclusion; References; Basalt-Crust Interaction Processes: Insights from Experimental Petrology; 1Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italy; 2Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, ; Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy; Introduction; Basalt-Silicate Crust Interaction.

Basalt-Carbonate Crust InteractionConclusion; References; Arc Basalt: Composition and Magma Source; Mining Department, Faculty of Engineering, ; University of Kurdistan (UOK), Sanandaj, Iran; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Slab Component; 3. Fluid Reaction with the Mantle Peridotite; 4. Origin Magma in the Subduction Zone; 5. Depth and Temperature of Mantle under the Arc; 6. Garnet, Pyroxene and Hornblende Role; for Compositon of Arc Basalts; 7. Isotope Ratios; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Refrences; Origin of Quaternary Low-K Basalts in Rear Arc Side of NE Japan.

Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, ; Kojirakawa-machi 1-4-12, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan; Abstract; Introduction; Geological Setting of the Shirataka Volcano; Petrography of Rocks from the Shirataka Volcano; Host Rocks; Mafic Inclusions; Rock Type Classification; Three Populations in Phenocrysts; Magma Mixing/Mingling and Petrologic Features; of End-Member Magmas; Genetic Relationships between the End-Member Magmas; Low-K and Medium-K Mafic End-Member Magmas Coexisting in Shirataka Volcano; Origin of Low-K Mafic Magmas in Shirataka Volcano.

Possibility of Lower Crustal Melting for the Origin of the Low-K Mafic Magmas in Shirataka VolcanoPossibility of Mantle Origin for the Low-K Mafic Magmas; in Shirataka Volcano; Temporal Change in Compositions; of the Subduction-Derived Fluid Beneath NE Japan; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Dissolution Reaction of Basalt and Underground Sequestration of CO2 in Deep Basaltic Aquifers in Japan; 1Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; 2New Foudation, Geothermal Energy Information Center, Japan; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental; 2.1. The Samples Used and Experimental Procedure.

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