Description: Petrology for Students This 1978 successor to Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students covers igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. S. R. Nockolds (Author), R. W. O'B. Knox (Author), G. A. Chinner (Author) 9780521291842, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 27 April 1978 444 pages 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg The abundance of carefully prepared microdrawings of rock types and textures was a feature that maintained the demand for Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students as a guide to the study of rocks in thin slices under the microscope. This 1978 successor makes Harker's microdrawings, together with over 60 further ones, available in an original petrographic text, amplifying the coverage to embrace rock types whose importance had increased since Harker's work was published. Three sections cover igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The igneous section emphasises the use of chemical and mineralogical characteristics in the description of igneous rocks, whilst the sedimentary section covers each major sediment class, describing how to recognise and interpret individual rock constituents. The metamorphic section summarises metamorphic reconstitution and discusses the metamorphic facies classification. Each section uses the terminology and treatment resulting from specialisation in the three different types of rock. Preface Part I. Igneous Rocks S. R. Nockolds: 1. Igneous rocks and their textures 2. The classification of igneous rocks 3. Granitic rocks 4. Silicic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks 5. Syenites 6. Trachytes and microsyenites 7. Monzonites, monzodiorites, monzogabbros 8. Latites, latite-andesites, allied volcanic and their hypabyssal equivalents 9. Siorites 10. Andesites and their hypabyssal equivalents 11. Gabbros and related rocks 12. Basalts and dolerites 13. Ultramafic igneous rocks 14. Nepheline syenites and allied rocks 15. Phonolites, related volcanics and their hypabyssal representatives 16. Nepheline monzonites, essexites and related rocks 17. Tephrites, basanites, allied volcanics and their hypabayssal representatives 18. Ultra-alkaline igneous rocks and caronatites 19. Lamprophyres 20. Pyroclastic rocks Part II. Sedimentary Rocks R. W O'B. Knox: 21. Sedimentary rocks - introduction 22. Sedimentary textures 23. Argillaceous rocks 24. Arenaceous rocks 25. Calcareous rocks 26. Solomitic rocks 27. Siliceous rocks 28. Phosphatic tocks 29. Ferruginous rocks 30. Manganiferous rocks 31. Saline rocks 32. Carbonaceous rocks Part III. Metamorphic Rocks G. A. Chinner: 33. Metamorphism: deformation and recrystallisation 34. Metasomatism and melting 35. The facies classification of metamorphic rocks 36. Progressive regional metamorphism 37. Granualites and eclogites 38. The blueschist (glaucophane-schist-facies 39. Very low-grade metamorphism Index. Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Earth sciences [RB]
Book Title: Petrology for Students
ISBN: 0521291844
Publication Date: 27/04/1978
Item Depth: 25
Number of Pages: 444 Pages
Publication Name: Petrology for Students
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Geology
Publication Year: 1978
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 560 g
Author: S. R. Nockolds, G. A. Chinner, R. W. O'b. Knox
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
