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Author Blatt, Harvey.

Title Petrology : igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic / Harvey Blatt, Robert J. Tracy
Edition Second edition
Published New York : W.H. Freeman, [1996]
©1996

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 MELB  552 Bla/Pis 1996  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 529 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents Part I. Igneous rocks : 1. Introduction to igneous environments -- 2. Igneous minerals and textures -- 3. Chemistry and classification of igneous rocks -- 4. Crystallization of magmas -- 5. Origin of magmas by melting of the mantle and crust -- 6. Evolution of magmas: fractional crystallization and contamination -- 7. Petrology of the mantle -- 8. Igneous rocks of the oceanic lithosphere -- 9. Igneous rocks of convergent margins -- 10. Igneous rocks of continental lithosphere ; Part II. Sedimentary rocks : 11. The occurrence of sedimentary rocks -- 12. Weathering and soils -- 13. Conglomerates and sandstones -- 14. Diagenesis of sandstones -- 15. Mudrocks -- 16. Limestones and dolostones -- 17. Other types of sedimentary rocks ; Part III. Metamorphic rocks : 18. Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- 19. Isograds, metamorphic facies, and pressure-temperature evolution -- 20. Assemblages, reactions, and equilibrium -- 21. Controls of metamorphic reactions -- 22. Metamorphism of mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks -- 23. Metamorphism of aluminous clastic rocks -- 24. Metamorphism of calcareous rocks ; Appendix 1-2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Petrology.
Author Tracy, Robert J.
LC no. 95035545
ISBN 0716724383 (hardcover)