Intraplate Volcanism In Eastern Australia and Ne Zealand [Paperback]

This is a major, definitive, landmark study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand.This study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand looks at rock types and formation and inclusions of the upper mantle and lower-crustal rocks found in volcanic deposits. It discusses the Earth's crust and the mantle beneath, and the geological evolution in the area over the last 7080 million years.This study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand looks at rock types and formation and inclusions of the upper mantle and lower-crustal rocks found in volcanic deposits. It discusses the Earth's crust and the mantle beneath, and the geological evolution in the area over the last 7080 million years.This is a major, definitive, landmark study of the young volcanoes of eastern Australia and parts of New Zealand. It deals with the rock types and origin of the volcanoes as well as the inclusions of the upper mantle and lower-crustal rocks found in the volcanic deposits. Fifty-nine authors contribute a wide range of chapters dealing with the significance of the volcanoes, the insights the area offers about the nature and origin of the earth's crust and the mantle beneath, and the geological evolution of eastern Australia and New Zealand over the past 70-80 million years. University academics and earth scientists in industry will be interested in this book, which will also serve as a highly useful reference work for undergraduate and graduate students.List of plates, figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Methods of citation; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Framework for volcanism R. W. Johnson and P. Wellman; 2. Physical volcanology R. A. F. Cas; 3. East Australian volcanic geology J. Knutson; 4. New Zealand intraplate volcanism S. D. Weaver and I. E. M. Smith; 5. East Australian petrology and geochemistry A. Ewart; 6. Xenoliths megacrysts of Eastern Australia S. Y. O'Reilly, I. A. Nil“±