The Field Description of Igneous Rocks
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published: November 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780470022368
Subjects: Igneous rocks
Description: "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."--

"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"--