Oceanic Basalts

I Structure.- 1 Introduction and the ophiolite model.- 2 Surveying and sampling the ocean floor.- 3 Structure of the oceanic crust from geophysical measurements.- 4 Structure of the oceanic crust as deduced from ophiolites.- II Processes.- 5 Mineralogy and crystallization of oceanic basalts.- 6 Experimental phase petrology of mid-ocean ridge basalts.- 7 Magmatic processes in oceanic ridge and intraplate settings.- 8 Metamorphic and hydrothermal processes: basalt—seawater interactions.- III Environments.- 9 Oceanic islands and seamounts.- 10 Back-arc basins.- 11 Pacific ocean crust.- 12 Indian ocean crust.- 13 North Atlantic ocean crust and Iceland.- IV Sources.- 14 Stable and noble gas isotopes.- 15 Oceanic peridotites.- Appendix A Maps showing the geographical location of features mentioned in the text.- Appendix B Abundance of the elements in the earth and mean carbonaceous chondrite, C1.- Appendix C Isotopic ratios commonly used in magmatic petrogenesis.- Appendix D Normalization factors for rare earth elements and incompatible elements used in the construction of multi-element diagrams.- References.