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Description A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field by Kurt Hollocher CRC Press | November 2014 | ISBN-10: 1138026301 | True PDF | 326 pages | 40.6 mb http://www.amazon.com/Pictor...ic-Rocks-Field/dp/1138026301 This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale and in a context that can be related to views seen in the field through a hand lens. About the Author  Kurt T Hollocher is Professor of Geology at Union College B.S. 1978 Antioch College; M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1985 Geology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Area of Specialization: Petrology, Geochemistry Works on rocks in the deeply, eroded cores of mountain belts to see what the igneous and metamorphic rocks there can tell us about the tectonic development of the original mountains. Also works on the chemistry of natural surface and ground waters to understand how they formed and to track contaminants, and on dinosaur fossils to better understand the fossilization processes. CONTENTS Preface ix About the author xi Acknowledgements xiii A matter of scale xv 1 Introduction 1 Part 1: Metamorphic rock types 19 2 Pelitic rocks 19 3 Quartzites 29 4 Marbles 39 5 Calc-silicate rocks 49 6 Mixed sedimentary rocks 59 7 Conglomerates and breccias 67 8 Gneisses 77 9 Basaltic rocks, low and intermediate pressure 89 10 Blueschists 101 11 Eclogites 107 12 Ultramafic rocks 117 13 Contact metamorphic rocks 127 14 Rocks in fault zones 135 Part 2: Metamorphic features 147 15 Foliation, cleavage, lineation 147 16 Folds 161 17 Porphyroblasts, porphyroclasts, and augen 175 18 Boudins 187 19 Veins and hydrothermal alteration 197 20 Metasomatism 209 21 Partial melting and migmatites 221 22 Retrograde metamorphism 235 Part 3: Relict pre-metamorphic features 245 23 Relict sedimentary features 245 24 Fossils in metamorphic rocks 255 25 Relict igneous features 261 References 277 Glossary of terms, rock types, and minerals 281 Glossary of terms 281 Glossary of rock types 292 Glossary of minerals 295 Index 303 Sharing Widget |