Alfred Harker

The Natural History of Igneous Rocks

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A thorough and illustrated account by a prominent Cambridge petrologist about the formation, structure and classification of igneous rocks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9781108028134
• ISBN-10: 1108028136
• Artikelnr.: 33166210

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Igneous action in relation to geology
2. Vulcanicity
3. Igneous intrusion
4. Petrographical provinces
5. Mutual relations of associated igneous rocks
6. Igneous rocks and their constituents
7. Rock-magmas
8. Crystallization of rock-magmas
9. Supersaturation and deferred crystallization
10. Isomorphism and mixed crystals
11. Structures of igneous rocks
12. Mineralisers and pneumatolysis
13. Magmatic differentiation
14. Hybridism in igneous rocks
15. Classification of igneous rocks
Index.