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Journal of Petrology Volume 41 Number 12 Pages 1822-1823 2000
© Oxford University Press 2000

BOOK REVIEW

Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Au–Cu Mineralization, 3rd edn, by D. Müller and D. I. Groves. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2000. xiii + 252 pp. ISBN 3540663711. £44.50, US$79.95

Potassium-rich igneous rocks are one of the most intriguing study subjects in igneous petrology and geochemistry. They show a very wide range of composition, from mildly potassic shoshonitic suites associated with calcalkaline magmas in arc environments to ultrapotassic leucitites, kamafugites and lamproites. Major, trace element and isotopic compositions are very variable, although all show high to extreme enrichment in several trace elements, such as Th, U, Rb, Ba and LREE. Potassic and ultrapotassic rocks occur in various tectonic settings, from island arcs and convergent continental margins to cratonic areas. They also have an economic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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