Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

by Myron G. Best

Book Overview

Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last 20 years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted, and increasingly quantitative science. Advances in geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics, as well as the appearance of new analytical tools, have all contributed to new ways of thinking about the origin and evolution of magmas, and the processes driving metamorphism.This book is designed to give students a balanced and comprehensive coverage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716713357
• ISBN13: 9780716713357
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.