Petrology : The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks

Name: Petrology : The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks
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ISBN: 9780697001900

ISBN-10: 0697001903

ISBN-13: 9780697001900

Edition: 1st 1995

Authors: Loren A. Raymond

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Book details

List price: $107.19
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 768
Size: 9.50" wide x 11.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.730
Language: English



Introduction


Rocks and Earth Structure


Igneous Rocks


Igneous Rocks: Their Structures and Textures


Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Classification of Igneous Rocks


The Phase Rule and Phase Diagrams


Petrogenesis, Movement, and Modification of Magmas


Basalts and Ultramafic Volcanic Rocks


Rhyolites and Pyroclastic Rocks


Andesites and Related Rocks


Ultramafic-Mafic Complexes and Related Rocks


Granodiorites and Related Rocks


Alkaline Igneous Rocks and Carbonatites


Sedimentary Rocks


Sedimentary Rocks: Their Structures, Textures, and Compositions


Classification of Sedimentary Rocks


Sedimentary Provenance, Processes, and Diagenesis


Sedimentary Environments


Mudrocks


Sandstones


Conglomerates, Diamictites, Breccias


Carbonate Rocks


Cherts, Evaporites, and Other Precipitated Rocks


Metamorphic Rocks


Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rock Textures and Structures


Metamorphic Conditions, Classifications, Mineralogies, Protoliths, Facies, and Facies Series


Metamorphic Phase Diagrams


Contact Metamorphism


Regional Metamorphism Under Low to Medium P/T Conditions: Buchan and Barrovian Facies Series


High P/T Metamorphism: Franciscan and Sanbagawa Facies Series and the Origin of Blueschists


Eclogites


Dynamic Metamorphism


Alpine Ultramafic Rocks and the Mantle


Epilogue


Petrotectonic Assemblages