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Summary: nice concise work
Review: The authors do a fine job of applying their own expertise to a large volume of newer P-T, chemical and isotopic thinking. This is a current, highly citable basis for any arc related work - it is an excellent successor to the previous generation of now out of print (and unavailable) arc related bibles (Gill, Thorpe etc.) An excellent book for graduate students to get up to speed on the topic, or for those already in the know to become quickly updated (its short, well written). The reader is expected to have prior knowledge in igneous petrology.My only complaint is that the coverage on chemical differences between continental vs. oceanic arcs is weak (not much separation of the two - fair enough, they are pretty similar, but if the volume is dedicated to only arc environments?), and that some newer concepts are omitted, such as the significant variations in magma composition which occur when a slab window disrupts the arc environment during the subduction of a spreading ridge. Hopefully they'll make it into a next edition - I sincerely hope these authors keep up this good piece of work with updated versions in a fast changing field!
Rating:
Summary: nice concise work
Review: The authors do a fine job of applying their own expertise to a large volume of newer P-T, chemical and isotopic thinking. This is a current, highly citable basis for any arc related work - it is an excellent successor to the previous generation of now out of print (and unavailable) arc related bibles (Gill, Thorpe etc.) An excellent book for graduate students to get up to speed on the topic, or for those already in the know to become quickly updated (its short, well written). The reader is expected to have prior knowledge in igneous petrology. My only complaint is that the coverage on chemical differences between continental vs. oceanic arcs is weak (not much separation of the two - fair enough, they are pretty similar, but if the volume is dedicated to only arc environments?), and that some newer concepts are omitted, such as the significant variations in magma composition which occur when a slab window disrupts the arc environment during the subduction of a spreading ridge. Hopefully they'll make it into a next edition - I sincerely hope these authors keep up this good piece of work with updated versions in a fast changing field!
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Summary: good reference for my researches
Review: The tectonic setting of Kyoungsang Basin in Korean peninsula is similar with the Andean Cordillera. So, this book helped me to write papers. For example; 1) Petrochemical study on Kyeongsang basin, Korea: Possibility of magma heterogeneity. 2) Petrochemical study on Kyoungsang basin, Korea: The depth to the Benioff Zone and Crustal Thickness.
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