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Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide

Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide

Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Gill, Robin

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  • Title Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide
  • Author Gill, Robin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 440
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publication date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR007306219
  • ISBN 9780632063772 / 0632063777
  • Weight 3.05 lbs (1.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.3 in (27.69 x 22.10 x 3.30 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Rocks, Igneous, Magmatism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009031380
  • Dewey Decimal Code 552.1
  • Quantity available 2

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From the publisher

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 crystallization processes, geotectonic distribution, geochemistry, and aspects of magma genesis. One chapter is devoted to phase equilibrium experiments and magma evolution; another introduces pyroclastic volcanology. Each chapter concludes with exercises, with the answers being provided at the end of the book.

Appendices provide a summary of techniques and optical data for microscope mineral identification, an introduction to petrographic calculations, a glossary of petrological terms, and a list of symbols and units. The book is richly illustrated with line drawings, monochrome pictures and colour plates.

Additional resources for this book can be found at: http: //www.wiley.com/go/gill/igneous.

About the author

Robin Gill has lectured in igneous petrology and geochemistry at the University of London for 22 years, and before that held postdoctoral posts at the Universities of Manchester, Western Ontario and Oxford. He is author of Chemical Fundamentals of Geology (Springer) and editor of Modern Analytical Geochemistry (Addison Wesley Longman).
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