Kurt Hollocher

A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale and in a context that can be related to views seen in the field through a hand lens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 172mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781138026308
• ISBN-10: 1138026301
• Artikelnr.: 40551810

Autorenporträt

Hollocher, Kurt

Inhaltsangabe

Preface AcknowledgementsA matter of scale1. Introductiona. The basicsb.
Temperature, pressure, and metamorphic gradec. Movement of rocks through
P-T spaced. Preserving the prograde assemblagee. Metamorphic field
gradientf. Rock strain: foliation, cleavage, and lineationg. Chemical
fluxh. Recrystallizationi. Summary and introduction to the following
chaptersMetamorphic rock types2. Pelitic rocks 3. Quartzites 4. Marbles 5.
Calc-silicate rocks 6. Mixed sedimentary rocks 7. Conglomerates 8. Gneisses
9. Basaltic rocks, low and intermediate pressure10. Blueschists11.
Eclogite12. Ultramafic rocks 13. Contact metamorphic rocks 14. Fault rocks
Metamorphic features 15. Foliation 16. Folds 17. Porphyroblasts 18. Boudins
19. Veins 20. Metasomatism 21. Partial melting 22. Retrograde
metamorphismRelict pre-metamorphic features23. Relict sedimentary features
24. Fossils in metamorphic rocks25. Relict igneous featuresGlossary of
terms Glossary of rock typesGlossary of minerals