Equilibrium and Kinetics in Contact Metamorphism

I Introduction.- 1 The Setting of the Ballachulish Intrusive Igneous Complex in the Scottish Highlands.- 2 Regional Geology of the Ballachulish Area.- II The Intrusive Complex.- 3 Structure, Petrography and Emplacement of Plutonic Rocks.- 4 Thermal Conditions and Crystallization Sequence, as Deduced from Whole-Rock and Mineral Chemistry.- 5 Nucleation and Growth of Pyroxene in the Hypersthene Diorites.- 6 Microstructures and Thermal Behaviour of Igneous Pyroxenes.- 7 The Shape of the Intrusion Based on Geophysical Data.- III The Contact Aureole and Its Rocks.- 8 Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Pelites.- 9 Field Relations and Petrography of Partially Melted Pelitic and Semi-Pelitic Rocks.- 10 Decarbonation Reactions in Siliceous Dolomites and Impure Limestones.- 11 Microtextures and Reaction Mechanisms of Carbonate Rocks: A Comparison Between the Thermoaureoles of Ballachulish and Monzoni (N. Italy).- 12 Quartz Grain Coarsening by Collective Crystallization in Contact Quartzites.- 13 Disordering, Re-Ordering and Unmixing in Alkali Feldspars from Contact-Metamorphosed Quartzites.- 14 A Search for Variations in the Structural States of Cordierite in Contact-Metamorphosed Pelites.- 15 Detrital Quartz and K-Feldspar in Quartzites as Indicators of Oxygen Isotope Exchange Kinetics.- IV Interactions Between the Intrusion and the Contact Aureole.- 16 P-T-a(H2O) Conditions in the Thermal Aureole.- 17 Stable Isotope Geochemistry on the Intrusive Complex and Its Metamorphic Aureole.- 18 Thermal Models of Cooling.- V Concluding Discussion.- 19 Evidence of Fluid Phase Behaviour and Controls in the Intrusive Complex and Its Aureole.- 20 Intracrystalline Processes.- 21 Summary and Outlook.- References.