This concise introductory textbook provides students with the essential knowledge needed to understand how petrology relates to other topics in the geologic sciences, and has been written specifically ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...

Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

With a new introductory chapter outlining the “bigger picture,” this fully updated resource will guide students to an even greater mastery of petrology. Review of previous edition: 'The real quality ...

The Petrology Group hosts a world-class suite of cutting-edge equipment capable of recreating the extreme conditions of pressure and temperature ranging from Earth’s surface to its centre. Much of our ...

The Petrology group has its own facilities for the analysis of experimental run products including Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Raman Spectroscopy. The Petrology Group laboratories ...

The origin and evolution of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Emphasis will be on physical and chemical processes, magma transport and crystallization, phase equilibria, development of metamorphic facies ...

The Carbonate Petrology and Characterization Laboratory (CPCL) a part of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at Western Michigan University. The CPCL is a collaborative research ...