Petrology books

Carbonatites are a unique group of volcanic rocks. The book presents the most recent results of investigations carried...  Read More >>

For many years, Chernogolovka was a closed city, and western scient­ ists were unable to visit the laboratories,...  Read More >>

This book is concerned almost wholly with a diverse suite of carbonate rocks that were formed near the margins of...  Read More >>

The Practice of Reservoir Engineering explains how the complex subject of hydrocarbon reservoir engineering can...  Read More >>

Provides a structural classification of minerals, based on the minerals' internal structure. This work is based...  Read More >>

This textbook contains a number of quantitative phase diagrams. They show the relationship among minerals as a function...  Read More >>

Finding viable solutions to many of the problems threatening our environment hinges on understanding the rocks below...  Read More >>

Addresses the origin of organic-rich shales, the source of most of the world's petroleum, and reviews techniques...  Read More >>

Sedimentology has neither been adequately popularized nor This book begins with a consideration of the complex end...  Read More >>

An introduction to the use of thin sections in the study of petrography--the scientific description of rocks. It...  Read More >>

The first edition of Practical Sedimentology contained dis­ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS cussions of principles and techniques...  Read More >>

Feldspar minerals make up 60% of the crust of the Earth. At the surface, feldspars weather to form clay minerals...  Read More >>

Blueschists are rocks formed during high pressure - low temperature metamorphism. They provide us with a record...  Read More >>

A detailed graduate text discussing those applications for which there are well-defined percolations.  Read More >>

This comprehensive geophysical-geological survey of the North Fiji Basin includes chapters on sediment distribution...  Read More >>

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Updated to take account of advances in metamorphic petrology, this book provides an introduction to the textural...  Read More >>

When Professor Bedrikovetsky first accepted my invitation to spend an extended sabbatical period in the Department...  Read More >>

Granites have been the subject of investigation since geology began. Written by a geologist who has studied granites...  Read More >>

This book provides the background, physical instrumentation and geological aspects behind any study of the magnetic...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive review of what is known about all anorthosite types, both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. Descriptive,...  Read More >>

This highlights the drawbacks of possessing natural mineral resources. These can quickly become a curse on the ore-exporting...  Read More >>

This volume illustrates some of the significant aspects of magmatic activity from Devonian (408 million years ago)...  Read More >>

By combining the principles of coal petrology, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis, this text...  Read More >>