Thermodynamic Modeling of Geologic Materials: Minerals, Fluids, and Melts

Volume 17 of Reviews in Mineralogy is based on a short course, entitled "e;Thermodynamic Modeling of Geological Materials: Minerals, Fluids amd Melts,"e; October 22-25, 1987, at the Wickenburg Inn near Phoenix, Arizona. Contents:Thermodynamic Analysis of Phase Equilibria in Simple Mineral SystemsModels of Crystalline solutionsThermodynamics of Multicomponent Systems Containing Several Solid SolutionsThermodynamic Model for Aqueous Solutions of Liquid-like DensityModels of Mineral Solubility in Concentrated Brines with Application to Field ObservationsCalculation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Species and the Solubilities of Minerals in Supercritical Electrolyte SolutionsIgneous FluidsOre Fluids: Magmatic to SupergeneThermodynamic Models of Molecular Fluids at the Elevated Pressures and Temperatures of Crustal MetamorphismMineral Solubilities and Speciation in Supercritical Metamorphic FluidsDevelopment of Models for Multicomponent Melts: Analysis of Synthetic SystemsModeling Magmatic Systems: Thermodynamic RelationsModeling Magmatic Systems: Petrologic Applications