A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure
A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure
Out of Print
Rock microstructures provide clues for the interpretation of rock history. A good understanding of the physical or structural relationships of minerals and rocks is essential for making the most of more detailed chemical and isotopic analyses of minerals. Ron Vernon discusses the basic processes responsible for the wide variety of microstructures in igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic and deformed rocks, using high-quality colour illustrations. He discusses potential complications of interpretation, emphasizing pitfalls, and focussing on the latest techniques and approaches. Opaque minerals (sulphides and oxides) are referred to where appropriate. The comprehensive list of relevant references will be useful for advanced students wishing to delve more deeply into problems of rock microstructure. Senior undergraduate and graduate students of mineralogy, petrology and structural geology will find this book essential reading, and it will also be of interest to students of materials science.
- Breadth of coverage (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic and deformed rocks, including reference to ore minerals)
- Comprehensive reference list, acting as an excellent starting point for research into microstructural problems
- Full colour illustrations
Product details
October 2004Paperback
9780521891332
606 pages
247 × 190 × 32 mm
1.45kg
61 b/w illus. 254 colour illus.
Unavailable - out of print August 2018
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Background
- 2. Microstructures of sedimentary rocks
- 3. Microstructures of igneous rocks
- 4. Microstructures of metamorphic rocks
- 5. Microstructures of deformed rocks
- Mineral symbols used in this book
- Glossary of microstructural terms.
