Igneous Petrology

by Eric H. Christiansen and Myron G. Best

Book Overview

Igneous Petrology provides up-to-date, integrated, comprehensive coverage of physical and chemical facets of magmatic rocks and magma systems. Field relations and fabrics of rocks together with their mineralogical, chemical and isotopic compositions facilitate interpretation of rock origin. The dynamic evolution of magma systems is considered from thermodynamics and from their chemical, physical and kinetic properties. Sources of magmas and how they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865425418
• ISBN13: 9780865425415
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 11.0"