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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100470273399

ISBN-139780470273395

eBay Product ID (ePID)495110

Product Key Features

Number of Pages148 Pages

Publication NameAtlas of Igneous Rocks and Their Textures

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEarth Sciences / Geology

Publication Year1991

TypeTextbook

AuthorC. Guilford, W. S. Mackenzie, C. H. Donaldson

Subject AreaScience

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight25 Oz

Item Length10.9 in

Item Width8.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN82-002698

Dewey Edition19

Dewey Decimal552/.1

Table Of ContentTHE TEXTURES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS. Crystallinity. Granularity. Crystal Shapes. Mutual Relations of Crystals (and Amorphous Materials). VARIETIES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS. Ultra Basic Rocks. Basic Rocks. Intermediate Rocks. Acid Rocks. Alkaline and Miscellaneous Rocks. Appendix. References. Index.

SynopsisAtlas of igneous rocks and their textures A companion volume to the Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section, this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers as a reference work. The book is divided into two parts - Part One is devoted to photographs of many of the common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying each photograph. Part Two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown. Nearly 300 full-colour photographs are included, and in many cases the same view is shown both in plane-polarized light and under crossed polars. A brief account of how thin sections can be prepared is included as an appendix. It is believed thatthe amateur geologist using these instructions will be able to make his own thin sections and, with the aid of a relatively simple microscope, enjoy the study of rocks in thin section., Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures A companion volume to the Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section, this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers as a reference work. The book is divided into two parts -- Part One is devoted to photographs of many of the common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying each photograph. Part Two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown. Nearly 300 full-colour photographs are included, and in many cases the same view is shown both in plane-polarized light and under crossed polars. A brief account of how thin sections can be prepared is included as an appendix. It is believed that the amateur geologist using these instructions will be able to make his own thin sections and, with the aid of a relatively simple microscope, enjoy the study of rocks in thin section.

LC Classification NumberQE461 .M219 1982