Beschreibung:
Ron H. Vernon is an Emeritus Professor of Geology at Macquarie University, Sydney. He has taught petrology to undergraduates for over forty years and has conducted workshops on rock microstructure for undergraduate and graduate students across the world. He is also the author of Metamorphic Processes (1976), Beneath Our Feet (Cambridge, 2000) and Principles of Metamorphic Petrology (Cambridge, 2008, co-authored with Geoff Clarke).
A richly illustrated survey of rock microstructures in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, from basic concepts to cutting-edge research.
Preface; 1. Background; 2. Microstructures of sedimentary rocks; 3. Microstructures of igneous rocks; 4. Microstructures of metamorphic rocks; 5. Microstructures of deformed rocks; Glossary of microstructural and related terms; References; Index.