Igneous rocks and processes: a practical guide

The newly revised Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide, delivers an authoritative introduction to igneous petrology and helps students to develop key skills and confidence in identifying igneous materials and in naming and interpreting unknown igneous rocks presented to t...

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Main Authors: Gill, Robin 1944- (Author), Fitton, Godfrey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester [u.a.] Wiley-Blackwell 2023
Edition:Second edition
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Online Access:FFW01
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Summary:The newly revised Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide, delivers an authoritative introduction to igneous petrology and helps students to develop key skills and confidence in identifying igneous materials and in naming and interpreting unknown igneous rocks presented to them. It serves as both a conventional course text and a practical laboratory manual. The authors review igneous nomenclature and subsequently describe specific compositional categories of magmatic rocks. Each chapter covers definitions, mineralogy, eruption and emplacement processes, textures and crystallization processes, geotectonic distribution, geochemistry, and aspects of magma genesis. Additional chapters address phase equilibrium experiments and physical volcanology.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 484 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten (teilweise farbig)
ISBN:9781119455660
9781119455684