A pictorial guide to metamorphic rocks in the field / Kurt Hollocher.

By:

Hollocher, Kurt [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, [2014]Description: xvi, 310 pages : illustrations (some colors) ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138026308 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

552.4 H727P 23

LOC classification:

QE475 .H65 2014

Other classification:

SCI031000 | TEC009150

Online resources:

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Summary: "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. This book will serve as a pictorial atlas of metamorphic rocks, processes, and features. Suitable for a broad range of education, background, and interests"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division	552.4 H727P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		111818

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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. This book will serve as a pictorial atlas of metamorphic rocks, processes, and features. Suitable for a broad range of education, background, and interests"-- Provided by publisher.

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