Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-Section

Da Mommio, Alessandro/ Pease, Victoria

Cambridge University Press（2025/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 411 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009100229
• DDC分類 552.8

Full Description

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-Section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin-section. It showcases minerals in various settings and degrees of alteration and preservation to allow users to best identify their own specimens in practice. Chapter 1 highlights the distinctive characteristics used to identify different minerals. Building on this base, following chapters describe rock textures and types, summarizing their petrogenesis within a plate tectonic framework. This book also includes insights into how additional information from petrographic thin-sections can be obtained using modern analytical methods to increase our understanding of geological processes. The Atlas is an indispensable reference textbook for all facilities that use a petrographic microscope, for professional geoscientists, and as an aid for any student studying minerals and rocks.

Contents

Preface; List of information boxes; List of application highlights; 1. Rock-forming minerals; 2. Igneous rocks; 3. Metamorphic rocks - their textures and fabrics; Index.