William S. MacKenzie, A. E. Adams

A Colour Atlas of Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the introductory undergraduate level, these highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb colour photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polarising microscope. The book highlights important diagnostic features of minerals and deals with all rock types - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic - with equal emphasis and authority, giving students the knowledge and confidence to begin to identify specimens for themselves. Each photograph has been specially prepared for the book and has been reproduced in a generous size to the highest quality. In addition to its value to students and instructors in geology, geography, civil engineering and materials science, the book stands on its own as a beautiful collection of photomicrographs and a permanent source of reference and fascination for all those interested in the nature and science of the world of rocks and minerals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manson Publishing
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781874545170
• ISBN-10: 1874545170
• Artikelnr.: 13356518

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Optical Minerology
1 The polarising microscope
2 Description of minerals
Part 2: Minerals
3 Introduction
4 Olivine
5 Orthopyroxene
6 Clinopyroxne
7 Two pyroxene intergrowth
8 Amphibole
9 Biotite
10 Muscovite
11 Quartz
12 Feldspars
13 Sanidine
14 Microcline
15 Plagioclase
16 Nepheline
17 Calcite
18 Garnet
Part 3: Igneous Rocks
19 Introduction
20 Periodite
21 Olivine-rich basalt
22 Basalt
23 Alkali dolerite
24 Olivine gabbro
25 Gabbro
26 Andesite
27 Diorite
28 Granodiorite
29 Rhyolite
30 Microgranite
31 Granite
32 Alkali granite
33 Phonolite
34 Nepheline syenite
35 Leucitite
36 Lamprophre
37 Ignimbrite
Part 4: Sedimentary Rocks
38 Introduction
39 Quartz arenite
40 Sub Arkose
41 Sublitharenite
42 Greywacke
43 Micaceous sandstone
44 Calcareous sandstone
45 Glauconitic sandstone
46 Ooid grainstone
47 Ooid packstone
48 Bioclast packstone
49 Bioclase wackestone
50 Intraclast grainstone
51 Peloid grainstone
52 Carbonate mudstone
53 Dolomite
54 Chert
55 Evaporite
56 Ironstone
57 Volcaniclastic rocks
Part 5: Metamorphic Rocks
58 Introduction
59 Mylonite
60 Biotite hornfels
61 Andalusite cordierite hornfels
62 Serpentinite
63 Chloritoid schist
64 Garnet mica schist
65 Diopside fosterite marble
66 Garnet amphibolite
67 Kyanite gneiss
68 Garnet cordierite sillimanite gneiss
69 Two pyroxene granulite
70 Anorthosite
71 Eclogite
Index

Rezensionen

"This is an excellent book. I am sure that this book will be welcomed both by beginners to thin-section studies, and by those of us who have become a little rusty." (Geology Today)