Pneumatolysis Explained

Pneumatolysis is an obsolete geologic term for magma emitting gasses that alter surrounding rock or crystallize minerals.^[1] Pneumatolysis is now considered a type of hydrothermal interaction.

See also

• Metasomatism

References

1. Book: Dictionary of Geological Terms: Third Edition. Robert L Bates, Julia A Jackson. American Geological Institute. 1984. 392.

Further reading

• Philip Lake and R. H. Rastall. A textbook of geology (1920). 3rd ed. Edward Arnold: London. https://archive.org/stream/textbookofgeolog00lakerich pp. 251-255 describes pneumatolysis, especially in granites.
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of the Geological Sciences. Second edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. p. 518

External links

• Pneumatolysis. 21. 868–869.