Geol.745 ALKALINE IGNEOUS ROCKS (2 C.H)
Chemical classification and discrimination of igneous rocks with special reference to alkaline magmatism, origin of alkaline magma and their petrologic suites in space and time, sequential effect of alkaline magmatism in the host rock and mineralization due to metasomatism, introduction to metasomatism related to alkaline igneous rocks, alkaline igneous provinces of the world with special reference to the alkaline igneous province of Pakistan.
Books Recommended:- Carbonatites—into the twenty-first century by Bell, K., Kjarsgaard, B.A. and Simonetti, A., 1998. Journal of Petrology Volume 39, Number 11-12, Oxford University Press.
- Carbonatites: genesis and evolution by Bell, K., 1989. Unwin Hyman.
- Carbonatite-nephlelinite volcanism by LeBas, M.J., 1977. Wiley, New York.
- Carbonatites by Tuttle, O.F., 1966. Wiley, New York.
- Alkaline igneous rocks by Fitton, J.G. and Upton, B.G.J., 1987. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
- The alkaline rocks by Sorenson, H., 1974. Wiley, London.
- Rock forming minerals by Deer, W.A., Howie, R.A. and Zussman, J., 1963. Vol. 2, Longmans, London.
- The geology of carbonatites by Heinrick, E.W., 1966. Raud Mc Nally, Chicago.