Petrology: Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic

By Robert Tracy, Harvey Blatt, Brent Owens

Book Overview

Now in a thoroughly updated new edition (the first since 1995), Petrology remains the most student-friendly undergraduate level text covering all three major rock groups. As always, the new edition organizes a vast body of literature from its wide-ranging subject, presenting what is essential to geology majors in a way that is accessible and at an appropriate level. The new edition welcomes Brent Owens as the new lead author for the chapters on igneous rocks, complementing Harvey Blatt's role for the sedimentary chapters, and Robert Tracy's for the metamorphic chapters. Petrology, Third Edition Text Art Download All text art is downloadable in a .zip file at http: //www.whfreeman.com/Catalog/static/whf/college/pdfs/petrology.zip

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716737434
• ISBN13: 9780716737438
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Length: 530 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.1" x 1.3" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

M. Gibbons

I was a student of Brent Owens in the Geology Dept. at William and Mary. He is an absolute first rate teacher and this text reflects aptitude for teaching. The desciptions are precise, the reading easy, and the subject material is up-to-date. I liked the text enough to keep it and not re-sell it to an incoming student.

Good Basic Text

This is a very good introductory petrology text which combines igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic petrology in one volume. With a publication date of 1996, it may be getting a little long in the tooth, however. For example, the book discusses the Wilson hot spot model without reference to mantle plumes. With the exception of some apparent confusion about the effect on seismic velocity of the asthenosphere, I found no significant errors nor editing problems. My only significant criticism is that all of the photographs are in black and white, and some are printed so darkly that details are hard to make out. One would think that, with a price approaching $100, the publisher would be able to include a bit of color in the appropriate places.