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Igneous Rocks and Processes - A Practical Guide 2e
Igneous Rocks and Processes - A Practical Guide 2e
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The Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide provides an authoritative introduction to igneous petrology and helps students develop key skills and confidence in identifying igneous materials and naming and interpreting unknown igneous rocks. It covers definitions, mineralogy, eruption and emplacement processes, textures and crystallization processes, geotectonic distribution, geochemistry, and aspects of magma genesis.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 496 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Igneous rocks and processes: A practical introduction to igneous petrology for students and practitioners
The newly revised Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide offers an authoritative introduction to igneous petrology, equipping students with the skills and confidence to identify igneous materials and interpret unknown igneous rocks. Serving as a conventional course text and practical laboratory manual, the book covers various aspects of igneous rocks, including nomenclature, compositional categories, mineralogy, eruption and emplacement processes, textures, crystallization processes, geotectonic distribution, geochemistry, and magma genesis. Additional chapters delve into phase equilibrium experiments and physical volcanology.
This latest edition boasts extensively updated chapters, access to a companion website with supplementary material, and comprehensive introductions to magmas, magmatic rocks, and magma differentiation. It includes exercises with answers, a detailed summary of techniques and optical data for mineral identification using a polarizing microscope, and an introduction to petrographic calculations.
Ideal for geoscience students enrolled in igneous petrology courses, Igneous Rocks and Processes: A Practical Guide, second edition, will also find a place in the libraries of postgraduate students and researchers in the field.
Weight: 1366g
Dimension: 220 x 276 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119455660
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