Igneous Rocks and Processes – A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Gill, R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444330659 ISBN 13: 9781444330656

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), 2010

Inhaltsangabe

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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"This textbook will be an invaluable guide for undergraduates in the laboratory and will allow them to develop their interpretative skills in petrology in the most intuitive way." (Geological Magazine, 2010)"Altogether, this is a very comprehensive, well written and well laid out book, which should appear on the shelves of all students and their advisors in the field of igneous petrology." (Dr. Kent Brooks, August 2010) "This textbook will be an invaluable guide for undergraduates in the laboratory and will allow them to develop their interpretative skills in petrology in the most intuitive way. The breadth of topics, clear layout and level of detail will no doubt lead it to become an essential, always on- hand reference for students." (Geological Magazine, August 2010)

Reseña del editor

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1444330659
• ISBN 13: 9781444330656
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438