Earth Materials / Edition 1

by Kevin Hefferan, John O'Brien

Overview

Minerals and rocks form the foundation of geologic studies. This new textbook has been written to address the needs of students at the increasing number of universities that have compressed separate mineralogy and petrology courses into a one- or two-semester Earth materials course.

Key features of this book include:

• equal coverage of mineralogy, sedimentary petrology, igneous petrology and metamorphic petrology;
• copious field examples and regional relationships with graphics that illustrate the concepts discussed;
• numerous case studies to show the uses of earth materials as resources and their fundamental role in our lives and the global economy, and their relation to natural and human-induced hazards;
• the integration of earth materials into a cohesive process-based earth systems framework;
• two color thoughout with 48 pages of four color.

Readership: students taking an earth materials, or combined mineralogy and petrology course in an earth science degree program. It will also be useful for environmental scientists, engineering geologists, and physical geographers who need to learn about minerals, rocks, soil and water in a comprehensive framework.

A companion website for this book is available at: www.wiley.com/go/hefferan/earthmaterials.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781444334609
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/01/2010
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kevin Hefferan is Associate Professor in the Marine Science, Safety and Environmental Protection Department at Massachusetts Maritime Academy of Buzzards Bay, MA, USA.

John O’Brien (retired) worked for 41 years in the Department of Geoscience-Geography (now Earth and Environmental Sciences) at New Jersey City State University.

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Table of Contents

Preface iv

Acknowledgments vi

About the Companion Website viii

1 Earth materials and the geosphere 1

2 Atoms, elements, bonds, and coordination polyhedra 22

3 Atomic substitution, phase diagrams, and isotopes 50

4 Crystallography 83

5 Mineral properties and rock-forming minerals 120

6 Optical identification of minerals 160

7 Igneous rock texture, composition, and classification 199

8 Magma and intrusive structures 235

9 Volcanic features and landforms 262

10 Igneous rock associations 300

11 Weathering, sediment production, and soils 342

12 The sedimentary cycle: erosion, transportation, deposition, sedimentary structures, and environments 381

13 Detrital sediments and sedimentary rocks 418

14 Biochemical sedimentary rocks 454

15 Metamorphism 503

16 Metamorphism: stress, deformation, and structures 524

17 Texture and classification of metamorphic rocks 554

18 Metamorphic zones, facies, and facies series 578

19 Mineral resources and hazards 619

Index 663