Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide - Rilegato

Gill, Robin

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ISBN 10: 1444330659 ISBN 13: 9781444330656

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2010

Riassunto

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.

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"Igneous petrology is difficult to master using only a singlecourse resource. Thus, instructors often steer students towardsupplementary readings on how to work with geochemical data oridentify igneous minerals in thin section. Gill takes a big steptoward resolving this challenge, integrating content in a way thatinstructors will value as a holistic presentation of concepts andtools." (Choice, 1 March 2011)

"This textbook will be an invaluable guide for undergraduates inthe laboratory and will allow them to develop their interpretativeskills in petrology in the most intuitive way. The breadth oftopics, clear layout and level of detail will no doubt lead it tobecome an essential, always on– hand reference for students."( Geological Magazine, 2010)

L'autore

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).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1444330659
• ISBN 13: 9781444330656
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 428