Quantitative Textural Measurements in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

by Michael D. Higgins

Book Overview

Processes involved in the development of igneous and metamorphic rocks involve some combination of crystal growth, solution, movement and deformation, which is expressed as changes in texture (microstructure). Advances in the quantification of aspects of crystalline rock textures, such as crystal size, shape, orientation and position, have opened fresh avenues of research that extend and complement the more dominant chemical and isotopic studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052113515X
• ISBN13: 9780521135153
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"