Research Catalog

Title

Petrology : igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic / Harvey Blatt, Robert J. Tracy, Brent E. Owens.

Author

Blatt, Harvey.

Publication

New York : W.H. Freeman, c2006.

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Additional Authors

• Owens, Brent Edward.
• Tracy, Robert J.

Description

xxi, 529 p. : ill., maps; 29 cm.

Summary

"Now in a thoroughly updated new edition (the first since 1995), Petrology remains . . . [a] student-friendly undergraduate level text covering all three major rock groups. As always, the new edition organizes a vast body of literature from its wide-ranging subject, presenting what is essential to geology majors in a way that is accessible and at an appropriate level. The new edition welcomes Brent Owens as the new lead author for the chapters on igneous rocks, complementing Harvey Blatt's role for the sedimentary chapters, and Robert Tracy's for the metamorphic chapters." -- Publisher's description

Subject

Petrology > Textbooks

Genre/Form

Textbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I : Igneous Rocks. Introduction to Igneous Rocks -- Minerals and Their Textural Relations in Igneous Rocks -- Chemistry, Physics, and Classification of Igneous Rocks – Volcanism -- Origin of Magmas Through Melting of the Mantle and Crust -- Crystallization of Magmas -- Petrology of the Mantle -- Igneous Rocks of the Oceanic Lithosphere -- Igneous Rocks of Convergent Margins -- Igneous Rocks of Continental Lithosphere -- Part II : Sedimentary Rocks. The Occurrence of Sedimentary Rocks -- Weathering and Soils -- Conglomerates and Sandstones – Mudrocks -- Limestones and Dolostones -- Other Types of Sedimentary Rocks -- Part III : Metamorphic Rocks. Introduction to Metamorphism: Isograds, Facies, and P-T Evolution -- Metamorphism and the Macroscopic Properties of Metamorphic Rocks -- Assemblages, Reactions, and Equilibrium in Metamorphic Rocks -- Metamorphic Reactions -- Metamorphism of Mafic and Ultramafic Igneous Rocks -- Metamorphism of Aluminous Clastic Rocks -- Metamorphism of Calcareous Rocks -- Calculation of the CIPW Norm -- Pressure-Temperature Determination -- Isotopes in Petrology -- Applications of Trace-Element Data in Igneous Petrology.

ISBN

0716737434 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2005931293

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library