Petrology, petrography and mineralogy

The variety of volcanic activity in the Solar System is widely recognised, yet the majestic sequences of magmatic processes that operate within an active planet are much less well known.

The variety of volcanic activity in the Solar System is widely recognised, yet the majestic sequences of magmatic processes that operate within an active planet are much less well known.

Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.

Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.

First published in 1989.

First published in 1989.

A text which aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section.

A text which aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section.

This book strives to fill in the following gaps.

The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America.

The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America.

This book provides a fundamental description of multiphase fluid flow through porous rock, based on understanding movement at the pore, or microscopic, scale.

This book provides a fundamental description of multiphase fluid flow through porous rock, based on understanding movement at the pore, or microscopic, scale.

Rifting and Sediments in the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf Regions is a unique text that covers a wide range of topics related to the tectonics and geology of the Red Sea and Arabian (Persian) Gulf region.

The volume of Springer Proceedings in Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy contains selected papers presented at the 10th Geoarchaeology Conference, which took place during September 18-21, 2023, at the South Urals Federal Research Center, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass, Russia.

This is the first book to specifically address the preservation of an increasingly important group of materials.

This is the first book to specifically address the preservation of an increasingly important group of materials.

Neville Price presents a major breakthrough in our understanding of the subject of plate tectonics in this new book.

Neville Price presents a major breakthrough in our understanding of the subject of plate tectonics in this new book.

The Second Edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks.

The sinuous form and peculiar evolution of meandering rivers has long captured the imagination of people.

The sinuous form and peculiar evolution of meandering rivers has long captured the imagination of people.

Geological Society of London Handbook Series Edited by KeithCox Founded in 1807, the Geological Society of London has beenpublishing since 1845 and now distributes its journal to Fellowsthroughout the world.

Geological Society of London Handbook Series Edited by KeithCox Founded in 1807, the Geological Society of London has beenpublishing since 1845 and now distributes its journal to Fellowsthroughout the world.

The earlier editions of this book have been used by successive generations of students for more than 20 years, and it is the standard text on the subject in most British universities and many others throughout the world.

Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes is the first senior undergraduate postgraduate textbook to focus specifically on the multiplicity of geological processes that result in the formation of mineral deposits.

Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last twenty years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted and increasingly quantitative science.

This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks.

This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks, Second Edition This pocket-sized field guide describes how metamorphic rocks and rock masses may be observed, recorded and mapped in the field.

The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks, Second Edition This pocket-sized field guide describes how metamorphic rocks and rock masses may be observed, recorded and mapped in the field.

Much of the world s petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without new technologies and new methods contained in this volume.

Much of the world s petroleum is located on continental margins, and any further development of these offshore deposits would be impossible without new technologies and new methods contained in this volume.

An accessible resource, covering the fundamentals of carbonate reservoir engineering Includes discussions on how, where and why carbonate are formed, plus reviews of basic sedimentological and stratigraphic principles to explain carbonate platform characteristics and stratigraphic relationships Offers a new, genetic classification of carbonate porosity that is especially useful in predicting spatial distribution of pore networks.

A new edition of a classic text introducing metamorphic rocks and how they form, in full colour and thoroughly updated.

Fully updated new edition features a new introductory chapter and more end-of-chapter questions, guiding students to a mastery of petrology.

A new edition of a classic text introducing metamorphic rocks and how they form, in full colour and thoroughly updated.

Introduction to geologic fracture mechanics covering geologic structural discontinuities from theoretical and field-based perspectives.

Africa's dire need to industrialize is universally acknowledged and it is evident that the continent's vast mineral resources can catalyze that industrialization.

Africa's dire need to industrialize is universally acknowledged and it is evident that the continent's vast mineral resources can catalyze that industrialization.

The ultimate aim of the oil exploration industry is to determine the distribution of rock types and underground fluids.

The ultimate aim of the oil exploration industry is to determine the distribution of rock types and underground fluids.

This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales.

This book is about the stone used to build the castles of Edward I in North West Wales.

There are many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany.

There are many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Germany.

This book is a collection of papers presented in the 30th International Geological Congress, held in Beijing, on global tectonic zones supercontinent formation and disposal.

Papers cover: laboratory and in-situ testing; coupled effects and permeability; creep damage and dilatancy; constitutive modelling; crushed salt behaviour; numerical modelling; storage and disposal projects; mining applications; case studies; and salt pillars and cavities.

Magnatism is the only true endogenic process for generating new material on the Earth's surface.

A study on the Bellingwe Greenstone Belt, presenting the stratigraphy of the belt, its structure and tectonic setting, the sedimentology of what may be a rift basin, the geochemistry of the freshest Archaean komatiites yet found, and models of the evolution of the region.