Igneous rocks and processes:a practical guide
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Published: |
Wiley-Blackwell,
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Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex, UK Hoboken, NJ |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 428 p., [32] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781444330656 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1444330659 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780632063772 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0632063777 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | P588 |
CLC: | P588.1 |
Call Number: | P588.1/G475 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. An introduction to magmas and magmatic rocks -- Basalts and related rocks -- Magma differentiation -- Gabbroic rocks -- Ultramafic and ultrabasic rocks -- Andesites, dacites and rhyolites -- How magmas erupt--an introduction to pyroclastic processes and products -- Granitic rocks -- Alkali rocks. |