Papers from a short course held October 22-25, 1987 at Wickenburg Inn near Phoenix, Arizona. Includes bibliographical references.

Thermodynamic analysis of phase equilabria in simple mineral systems / Robert C. Newton -- Models of crystalline solutions / Alexandra Navrotsky -- Thermodrynamics of multicomponent systems containing several solid solutions / Bernard J. Wood -- A thermodynamic model for aqueous solutions of liquid-like density / Kenneth S. Pitzer -- Models of mineral solubility in concentrated brines with application to field observations / John H. Weare -- Calculation of the thermodynamic properties of aqueous species and the solubilities of minerals in supercritical electrolyte solutions / Dimitri A. Sverjensky -- Igneous fluids / John R. Holloway -- Ore fluids : magmatic to supergene / George H. Brimhall and David A. Crerar -- Thermodynamic models of molecular fluids at the elevated pressures and temperatures of crustal metamorphism / John M. Ferry and Lukas Baumgartner -- Mineral solubilities and speciation in supercritical metamorphic fluids / Hans P. Eugster and Lukas Baumgartner -- Development of models for multicomponent melts : analysis of synthetic systems / R.G. Berman and T.H. Brown -- Modeling magmatic systems : thermodynamic relations / Mark S. Ghiorso -- Modeling magmatic systems : petrologic applications / Mark S. Ghiorso and Ian S.E. Carmichael.