Concepedia

Modal Mineralogy

Modal Mineralogy is the quantitative determination of the relative abundances of mineral phases in a rock, expressed as volume percentages, that serves as a fundamental basis for the classification and petrogenetic interpretation of plutonic rocks within igneous petrology.

134

Publications

7.9K

Citations

395

Authors

176

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

31

Parents

Publications

134

The IUGS systematics of igneous rocks

M. J. Le Bas, A. Streckeisen · Journal of the Geological Society · 1991 · 733 citations

, , +17

Open system melting and temporal and spatial variation of peridotite and basalt at the Atlantis II Fracture Zone

K. Johnson, H. J. Dick · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1992 · 340 citations

, , +17

Ultramafic and Mafic Inclusions from Adak Island: Crystallization History, and Implications for the Nature of Primary Magmas and Crustal Evolution in the Aleutian Arc

Walter K. Conrad, Robert W. Kay · Journal of Petrology · 1984 · 270 citations

, , +17

Automated mineralogy and petrology - applications of TESCAN Integrated Mineral Analyzer (TIMA)

Tomáš Hrstka, Paul Gottlieb, Roman Skála et al. · Journal of Geosciences · 2018 · 264 citations · Full text

, , +17

Classification of hydrous meteorites (CR, CM and C2 ungrouped) by phyllosilicate fraction: PSD-XRD modal mineralogy and planetesimal environments

K. T. Howard, C. M. O'd. Alexander, D. L. Schrader et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2014 · 242 citations

, , +16

1–5 of 134

Authors

395

  1. HY
    H. Y. McSween

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    8 publications · 580 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. KT
    K. T. Howard

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 943 citations

    7

    h-index

  3. PA
    P. A. Bland

    Curtin University, Australia

    6 publications · 758 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. PR
    P. R. Christensen

    Arizona State University, United States

    6 publications · 610 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. GC
    G. Cressey

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 570 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 395

Institutions

176

  1. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    825 citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    698 citations

  5. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    604 citations

  6. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    440 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    214 citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

1–8 of 176

Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 19 publications · 1.6K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. Journal of Petrology

    12 publications · 1K citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Meteoritics and Planetary Science

    11 publications · 582 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    6 publications · 964 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Journal of Metamorphic Geology

    4 publications · 212 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5