Overview of contact metamorphism -- Chemical and physical characterization of plutons -- Chemical and physical properties of fluids -- Phase equilibria and thermobarometry of metapelites -- Phase equilibria and thermobarometry of calcareous, ultramafic and mafic rocks, and iron formations -- Development of metamporphic permeability: implications for fluid transport processes -- Metasomatism -- Dehydration and decarbonation reactions as a record of fluid infiltration -- Stable isotope monitors -- Modelling thermal regimes -- Kinetics of coarsening and diffusion-controlled mineral growth -- Kinetics of heterogeneous reactions -- Aureole tectonics -- Aureole systematics.