Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks Under the Microscope

Classification, Textures, Microstructures and Mineral Preferred Orientation

• Author(s): D. Shelley,
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Pages: 445
• ISBN_10: 0412442000
  ISBN_13: 9780412442001
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Rocks & Minerals , Science / Earth Sciences / General , Science / Earth Sciences / Geology , Science / Earth Sciences / Mineralogy ,

Description:... This is the first modern text to provide a thorough integrated treatment of those parts of the subject that use the polarizing microscope as the central analytical tool. The book is divided into three parts and a comprehensive glossary/index provides easy access to the contents of the book.