Atlas of minerals and igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin-section / Alessandro Da Mommio, Victoria Pease.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Da Mommio, Alessandro, author.

Pease, Victoria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thin sections (Geology).

Rocks--Identification.

Rock-forming minerals--Identification.

Mineralogy, Determinative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 399 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-Section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin-section. It showcases minerals in various settings and degrees of alteration and preservation to allow users to best identify their own specimens in practice. Chapter 1 highlights the distinctive characteristics used to identify different minerals. Building on this base, following chapters describe rock textures and types, summarizing their petrogenesis within a plate tectonic framework. This book also includes insights into how additional information from petrographic thin-sections can be obtained using modern analytical methods to increase our understanding of geological processes. The Atlas is an indispensable reference textbook for all facilities that use a petrographic microscope, for professional geoscientists, and as an aid for any student studying minerals and rocks.

Contents:

Rock-forming minerals

Igneous rocks

Metamorphic rocks -their textures and fabrics.

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-11832-3

1-009-11002-0

OCLC:

1519594757