Petrology for Students

This 1978 successor to Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students covers igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

S. R. Nockolds (Author), R. W. O'B. Knox (Author), G. A. Chinner (Author)

9780521291842, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 April 1978

444 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 kg

The abundance of carefully prepared microdrawings of rock types and textures was a feature that maintained the demand for Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students as a guide to the study of rocks in thin slices under the microscope. This 1978 successor makes Harker's microdrawings, together with over 60 further ones, available in an original petrographic text, amplifying the coverage to embrace rock types whose importance had increased since Harker's work was published. Three sections cover igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. The igneous section emphasises the use of chemical and mineralogical characteristics in the description of igneous rocks, whilst the sedimentary section covers each major sediment class, describing how to recognise and interpret individual rock constituents. The metamorphic section summarises metamorphic reconstitution and discusses the metamorphic facies classification. Each section uses the terminology and treatment resulting from specialisation in the three different types of rock.

Preface
Part I. Igneous Rocks S. R. Nockolds: 1. Igneous rocks and their textures
2. The classification of igneous rocks
3. Granitic rocks
4. Silicic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks
5. Syenites
6. Trachytes and microsyenites
7. Monzonites, monzodiorites, monzogabbros
8. Latites, latite-andesites, allied volcanic and their hypabyssal equivalents
9. Siorites
10. Andesites and their hypabyssal equivalents
11. Gabbros and related rocks
12. Basalts and dolerites
13. Ultramafic igneous rocks
14. Nepheline syenites and allied rocks
15. Phonolites, related volcanics and their hypabyssal representatives
16. Nepheline monzonites, essexites and related rocks
17. Tephrites, basanites, allied volcanics and their hypabayssal representatives
18. Ultra-alkaline igneous rocks and caronatites
19. Lamprophyres
20. Pyroclastic rocks
Part II. Sedimentary Rocks R. W O'B. Knox: 21. Sedimentary rocks - introduction
22. Sedimentary textures
23. Argillaceous rocks
24. Arenaceous rocks
25. Calcareous rocks
26. Solomitic rocks
27. Siliceous rocks
28. Phosphatic tocks
29. Ferruginous rocks
30. Manganiferous rocks
31. Saline rocks
32. Carbonaceous rocks
Part III. Metamorphic Rocks G. A. Chinner: 33. Metamorphism: deformation and recrystallisation
34. Metasomatism and melting
35. The facies classification of metamorphic rocks
36. Progressive regional metamorphism
37. Granualites and eclogites
38. The blueschist (glaucophane-schist-facies
39. Very low-grade metamorphism
Index.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB]