Greetings! We wish to remind you of this topical session at the Annual GSA meeting in
Phoenix, Arizona, (22-25 September):
T21. Reading Igneous Textures
The primary textures of igneous rocks reflect the environments in which their magmas
solidify, which is usually not the same environment as at their sources. The multitude of
igneous textures signifies that natural magmas approach the equilibrium state from
conditions that may begin far from it, and they may be quenched before they achieve it.
Consider that granite, porphyry, pegmatite, stockschieder, aplite, granophyre, rhyolite, elvan,
vitrophyre, and obsidian are all textural variants of the same magma composition. For
plutonic igneous rocks, there is the added uncertainty of the extent to which they preserve
their original igneous character. Chemical tests of re-equilibration are important, but so is
texture as a means of discerning subsolidus morphologic changes among crystals. Reading
igneous textures is an important component of a petrologic study of process, and hence it is
paramount to the application of chemical principles or methods that rely on the attainment of
chemical equilibrium among phases in the system. This session, therefore, is an open call to
anyone working on aspects of igneous texture, from nanometer to macroscopic scales, on
the basis of field, laboratory, or numerical studies. All igneous rocks are included.
Rebecca Lange (University of Michigan) and Michael D. Higgins (Université du Québec à
Chicoutimi, Canada) will give invited presentations.
The Mineralogical Society of America is a sponsor of this session. We hope you will join us in
the Valley of the Sun to present your work on a topic that is much in need of discussion.
The GSA is posting meeting information at this site:
http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/2019info.aspx
The abstract submission window opened April 1 and closes 11:59 PM (23:59) Pacific Time
on June 25. Our topical session is T21, and you can submit an abstract from a link in that
notice.
Thank you for your consideration.
Conveners:
David London, University of Oklahoma
Monaliza Sirbescu, Central Michigan University
David London
School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 Sarkeys Energy Center
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
(405) 325 3253 (o), (405) 325 3140 (f)
Electron Microprobe Laboratory: ou.edu/empl
Pegmatite Interest Group: www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/
Greetings! We wish to remind you of this topical session at the Annual GSA meeting in
Phoenix, Arizona, (22-25 September):
T21. Reading Igneous Textures
The primary textures of igneous rocks reflect the environments in which their magmas
solidify, which is usually not the same environment as at their sources. The multitude of
igneous textures signifies that natural magmas approach the equilibrium state from
conditions that may begin far from it, and they may be quenched before they achieve it.
Consider that granite, porphyry, pegmatite, stockschieder, aplite, granophyre, rhyolite, elvan,
vitrophyre, and obsidian are all textural variants of the same magma composition. For
plutonic igneous rocks, there is the added uncertainty of the extent to which they preserve
their original igneous character. Chemical tests of re-equilibration are important, but so is
texture as a means of discerning subsolidus morphologic changes among crystals. Reading
igneous textures is an important component of a petrologic study of process, and hence it is
paramount to the application of chemical principles or methods that rely on the attainment of
chemical equilibrium among phases in the system. This session, therefore, is an open call to
anyone working on aspects of igneous texture, from nanometer to macroscopic scales, on
the basis of field, laboratory, or numerical studies. All igneous rocks are included.
Rebecca Lange (University of Michigan) and Michael D. Higgins (Université du Québec à
Chicoutimi, Canada) will give invited presentations.
The Mineralogical Society of America is a sponsor of this session. We hope you will join us in
the Valley of the Sun to present your work on a topic that is much in need of discussion.
The GSA is posting meeting information at this site:
http://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Events/Annual_Meeting/GSA/Events/2019info.aspx
The abstract submission window opened April 1 and closes 11:59 PM (23:59) Pacific Time
on June 25. Our topical session is T21, and you can submit an abstract from a link in that
notice.
Thank you for your consideration.
Conveners:
David London, University of Oklahoma
Monaliza Sirbescu, Central Michigan University
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David London
School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
100 East Boyd Street, Room 710 Sarkeys Energy Center
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
(405) 325 3253 (o), (405) 325 3140 (f)
Electron Microprobe Laboratory: ou.edu/empl
Pegmatite Interest Group: www.minsocam.org/msa/Special/Pig/