Metamorphic Petrology
Publisher: CRC
Published: January 21, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781857280371
Subjects: Metamorphic rocks; Physical geography; Science; Nature; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Rocks & Minerals; Science / Geology
First sentence: Metamorphism is a collective name for the mineralogical, chemical and textural changes of rocks that take place in an essentially solid state, that is, without substantial melting, in the deeper parts of the Earth at various temperatures higher than those encountered on the Earth's surface.