Understanding the physical relationships of minerals and rocks is essential to interpreting detailed chemical and isotopic mineral analyses. Covering the basic processes behind various rock microstructures, Ron Vernon uses high-quality color illustrations to point out complications of interpretation, emphasize pitfalls, and disclose the latest techniques and approaches. He includes a comprehensive reference list that will be useful for advanced students wishing to delve more deeply.
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"An excellent compendium of extensively illustrated microstructures representing the full spectrum of rock types...Vernon's in-depth treatment of microstructures is a valuable addition to the applied literature...Essential." M.E. McCallum, emeritus, Colorado State University, CHOICE
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An understanding of the physical relationships of minerals and rocks is essential for making the most of detailed chemical and isotopic mineral analyses. Ron Vernon discusses the basic processes behind various rock microstructures using high-quality colour illustrations, pointing out complications of interpretation, emphasizing pitfalls, and dealing with the latest techniques and approaches. The comprehensive reference list will be useful for advanced students wishing to delve more deeply. Essential reading for senior undergraduate and graduate students of mineralogy, petrology and structural geology, and of interest to students of materials science.
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I wrote this book to help you to interpret what you see when you look at thin and polished sections of rocks with the microscope. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matrix foliation, microgranitoid enclaves, inclusion trails, flame perthite, mylonitic deformation, sedimentary microstructures, effective reactive system, symplectic intergrowths, grainsize reduction, concentric compositional zoning, poikilitic microstructure, retrograde metamorphic reactions, stromatic migmatites, truncated zoning, igneous microstructures, plagioclase inclusions, polymineral aggregates, polygonal aggregate, metamorphic geology, recrystallized aggregates, segregation vesicles, deformation partitioning, garnet porphyroblasts, polygonal grain shapes, more mafic magma Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, Fitz Gerald, Broken Hill, South Australia, New England, Cooma Complex, Baja California, Mount Lofty Ranges, New Zealand, Sierra Nevada, Swiss Alps, Mineralogical Society of America, Musgrave Ranges, New Mexico, Ngongataha Quarry, Western Australia, Chiwaukum Schist, David Durney, Hunter Valley, Wologorong Batholith, Anmatjira Range, Cascade Range, Hill End, Mount Stafford, Wyangala Batholith New!
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I wrote this book to help you to interpret what you see when you look at thin and polished sections of rocks with the microscope. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matrix foliation, microgranitoid enclaves, inclusion trails, flame perthite, mylonitic deformation, sedimentary microstructures, effective reactive system, symplectic intergrowths, grainsize reduction, concentric compositional zoning, poikilitic microstructure, retrograde metamorphic reactions, stromatic migmatites, truncated zoning, igneous microstructures, plagioclase inclusions, polymineral aggregates, polygonal aggregate, metamorphic geology, recrystallized aggregates, segregation vesicles, deformation partitioning, garnet porphyroblasts, polygonal grain shapes, more mafic magma Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New South Wales, Fitz Gerald, Broken Hill, South Australia, New England, Cooma Complex, Baja California, Mount Lofty Ranges, New Zealand, Sierra Nevada, Swiss Alps, Mineralogical Society of America, Musgrave Ranges, New Mexico, Ngongataha Quarry, Western Australia, Chiwaukum Schist, David Durney, Hunter Valley, Wologorong Batholith, Anmatjira Range, Cascade Range, Hill End, Mount Stafford, Wyangala Batholith New!
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