The field description of igneous rocks.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken Wiley-Blackwell 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 238 p. ill. 1 mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780470022368
Subject(s): Summary: "The second edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "The second edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas, and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks. The book has included new techniques, such as AMS and geophysical studies of pluton shape at depth, and new topics such as the occurrence of porphyrys, laccoliths, and magma sediment interaction. Part of the successful field guide series, this book includes new sections featuring granitic rocks, basaltic rocks, magma mixing and mingling, and engineering properties and mineralization."-- Provided by publisher.
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book Library of General Geology Topic General Geology 41 2011 JE Available 7780879-10

Includes bibliographical references

"The second edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks"-- Provided by publisher.

"The second edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas, and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks. The book has included new techniques, such as AMS and geophysical studies of pluton shape at depth, and new topics such as the occurrence of porphyrys, laccoliths, and magma sediment interaction. Part of the successful field guide series, this book includes new sections featuring granitic rocks, basaltic rocks, magma mixing and mingling, and engineering properties and mineralization."-- Provided by publisher.