Authors:R. W. Le Maitre, A. Streckeisen, B. Zanettin, M. J. L
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: igneous, rocks, sciences, geological, subcommission, systematics, union, recommendations, classification, glossary, terms, international
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2002-05-13
List price: $78.99
ISBN-10: 052166215X
ISBN-13: 9780521662154
Decades of field and microscope studies, and more recent quantitative geochemical analyses have resulted in a vast, and sometimes overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. This book presents a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all the recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. The glossary of igneous terms has been fully updated since the first edition and now includes 1633 entries, of which 312 are recommended by the Subcommission.
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Publisher: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Keywords: rocks, igneous
Published: 1998
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 817023784X
ISBN-13: 9788170237846
Author: Myron G. Best
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: petrology, metamorphic, igneous
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2002-12-20
List price: $119.95
ISBN-10: 1405105887
ISBN-13: 9781405105880
Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last twenty years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted and increasingly quantitative science. Advances in geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics, as well as the appearance of new analytical tools, have all contributed to new ways of thinking about the origin and evolution of magmas, and the processes driving metamorphism.This book is designed to give students a balanced and comprehensive coverage of these new advances, as well as a firm grounding in the classical aspects of igneous and metamorphic petrology. The emphasis throughout is
Author: Alexander R. McBirney
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: petrology, igneous
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2006-11-30
List price: $141.95
ISBN-10: 0763734489
ISBN-13: 9780763734480
The field of Igneous Petrology has evolved greatly in the past years. McBirney’s NEW Third Edition, completely revised and updated, presents a modern and integrated survey of the geological and genetic relations of igneous rocks. It illustrates how modern geochemical and geophysical methods can be combined with field relations to understand the generational and compositional evolution of magmas.
Author: Robin Gill
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: processes, rocks, igneous
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 0632063777
ISBN-13: 9780632063772
This book is for geoscience students taking introductory or intermediate-level courses in igneous petrology, to help develop key skills (and confidence) in identifying igneous minerals, interpreting and allocating appropriate names to unknown rocks presented to them. The book thus serves, uniquely, both as a conventional course text and as a practical laboratory manual. Following an introduction reviewing igneous nomenclature, each chapter addresses a specific compositional category of magmatic rocks, covering definition, mineralogy, eruption/ emplacement processes, textures and crystal
Author: Gunter Faure
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: rocks, igneous, origin
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2000-12-12
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 3540677720
ISBN-13: 9783540677727
The origin of different kinds of igneous rocks can be understood in terms of the tectonic setting in which they form and in terms of the isotope compositions of strontium, neodymium, and lead they contain. This book explains the petrogenesis of igneous rocks as a consequence of tectonic processes resulting from interactions between asthenopheric plumes and the overlying lithospheric mantle. The relevant principles of isotope geochemistry are explained in Chapter 1 making this book accessible to university students as well as to professionals. The relevant isotopic data are presented in diagram
Author: B.M. Wilso
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: approach, tectonic, global, petrogenesis, igneous
Number of Pages: 466
Published: 1989-02-28
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 0412533103
ISBN-13: 9780412533105
As a major text in igneous petrology, this innovative book offers a much-needed, radically different approach to the study of igneous rocks. Bridging a long-recognized gap in the literature by providing petrogenic models for magmatismin terms of global tectonic processes, it encompasses geophysics and geochemistry in a comprehensive treatment of the subject.Most textbooks in igneous petrology have intended to avoid discussion of potentially controversial petrogenetic models. However, this is precisely the sort of information senior students of igneous petrology require. Dr Wilson has drawn on
