Petrology, petrography and mineralogy

Marble in Ancient Greece and Rome: Geology, Quarries, Commerce, Artifacts Marble remains the sine qua non raw material of the an- cient Greeks and Romans.

The feldspars form the most abundant group of minerals in the crust of the Earth and Moon and also occur in many meteo- rites.

This second volume in the new series produced by the Mineralogical Society is concerned with the study of rocks from the deep continental crust.

Interest in the study of early European cultures is growing.

In the 75 years of the existence of this book the content and boundaries of sedimentary petrology have increased enormously.

The last thorough revision of Rutley's Elements of Mineralogy appeared as the 23rd Edition in 1936.

Microscopy is a servant of all the sciences, and the microscopic examina- tion of minerals is an important technique which should be mastered by all students of geology early in their careers.

Rutley's elements of mineralogy has been around for a long time, certainly throughout my own lifetime; and if my great grandfather had read geology, it would have been prescribed reading for him too!

This monograph has its origins in a two-day meeting with the same title held in London, England in the spring of 1987.

The origin of granite has for long fascinated geologists though serious debate on the topic may be said to date from a famous meeting of the Geological Society of France in 1847.

This book is written as a practical field manual to effective.

The Thirteenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics was held on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia from June 2 -6, 1997.

This is the first book to deal specifically with the procedures used in the analysis of structural relationships and the determination of structural successions in complexly deformed rocks such as migmatites and gneisses.

The workshop "e;From Dust to Terrestrial Planets"e; was initiated by a working group of planetary scientists invited to ISSI by Johannes Geiss in November 1997.

Partial melting occurs in a variety of geological environments, from granitic partial melts in the continental crust, to basaltic or carbonate partial melts in the upper mantle.

Basalt is the most voluminous of all the igneous rocks.

Introduction to Clay Minerals is designed to give a detailed, concise and clear introduction to clay mineralogy.

Although some handbooks on the microscopic identi- In Part I the concept of heavy mineral analysis is fication of heavy mineral grains are available, a introduced and the relative significance of factors comprehensive manual illustrated in colour has not affecting heavy mineral assemblages is discussed.

The selected spectra presented in this volume are a testimony to the diversity of mineral carbonates.

Modern approaches to the theoretical computation and experimental determination of NMR shielding tensors are described in twenty-nine papers based on lectures presented at the NATO ARW.

The 8th International Conference on Basement Tectonics was held in Butte, Montana, August 8-12,1988.

This volume illustrates some of the significant aspects of magmatic activity from Devonian (408 million years ago) to early Permian (270 million years ago) times in SW England.

reviewers, and reported by users of the earlier This third edition (or issue) of the Quantitative Data File for ore minerals (QDF) of the Commission on editions.

Introduction to Industrial Minerals introduces the reader to the subject of the new mineral raw materials that our society demands.

For much of the 20th century, scientific contacts between the Soviet Union and western countries were few and far between, and often super- ficial.

Feldspar minerals make up 60% of the crust of the Earth.

A knowledge of clay is important in many spheres of scientific endeav- our, particularly in natural sciences such as geology, mineralogy and soil science, but also in more applied areas like environmental and mater- ials science.

Zeolites, with their crystalline microporous structures, are cordial hosts to a wide variety of guests.

There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta- morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared.

courses more petrogenesis-orientated are im- My main objective in writing this book has been to mediately confronted with a basic problem; the review the processes involved in present-day mag- ma generation and their relationship to global average student does not have a strong enough tectonic processes.

Everyone is familiar with the daily changes of air temperature.

On February 19, 1973, five centuries have elapsed since the birth of Nicolaus Coperni- cus - the greatest astronomer of the Renaissance period - who rediscovered for us the heliocentric model of the solar system, and documented it by his life's work in such a manner as to make its concept a permanent property of mankind.

The chemical interaction of water and rock is one of the most fascinating an d multifaceted process in geology.

This volume arises from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on 'North African Cretaceous rudist and coral formations and their contributions to carbonate platform development , which was held in Tunisia, on 13-18 May, 2002.

During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of advanced chemical methods in studies of soil and clay mineral systems, but only a relatively small number of soil and clay scientists have become intimately associ- ated and acquainted with these new techniques.

Biominerals are generated by the subtle interaction of biological organization and mineral growth.

At attempt is made here to provide a comprehensive The Basement "e;massifs"e; roughly delimit the main account in book form of the Petroleum Geology of sedimentary areas of the: Nigeria, a country which in 1979 was the world's 1.

The topic of sediment diagenesis is of fundamental importance to industry in the evaluation of hydrocarbon and water reservoir rocks.

turning points that, in the course of a few years, have made this The uranium minerals that today are at the centre of worldwide metal an essential raw material.

Plan of Review This review of clay microstructure is aimed at the diverse group of professionals who share an interest in the properties of fine-grained minerals in sediments.

The Proterozoic terrains of South Scandinavia and the Grenville Province in North-America have many common features : Regional high- grade metamorphism (Granulite-facies), anorthosites, etc.

The Advanced Science Institute on which this publication is based took the somewhat unusual form of a geological field symposium held during late August 1984.

Since the Second World War interest in the active by Italian geophysicists; studies of ground deform- volcano Mount Etna, in Sicily, has been steadily ation by British and Italian groups; measurements increasing.

One of our aims in the book is to provide geologists with a sound basis for making their own well founded interpretations.

In its relentless pursuit of further knowledge, science tends to compartmentalize.