Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology / Edition 2

by John Winter

Overview

For a combined, one-semester, junior/senior-level course in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology. Also useful for programs that teach Igneous Petrology and Metamorphic Petrology.

Typical texts on igneous and metamorphic petrology are geared to either advanced or novice petrology students. This unique text offers comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of both igneous and metamorphic petrology in a single volume–and provides the quantitative and technical background required to critically evaluate igneous and metamorphic phenomena in a way that students at all levels can understand. The goal throughout is for students to be able to apply the techniques–and enjoy the insights of the results–rather than tinker with theory and develop everything from first principles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780321592576
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	02/16/2009
Series:	Geos: the Pearson Custom Library for Geography and Geology Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

John D. Winter did his undergraduate work in geology at the University of Illinois at Urbana, and earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Washington in Seattle. Now Professor of Geology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, his principal fields of interest are in metamorphic petrology, mineralogy and crystallography, and geochemistry. He has spent several summers in Greenland, a summer in Labrador, and another in Norway, where he studied processes that take place during the formation and subsequent development of the ancient deep continental crust. He is also working on contact metamorphism in the Wallowa Mountains of NE Oregon. Briefly, he also worked as an exploration geologist in New Guinea.

Professor Winter teaches Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Introductory Geology, Environmental Geology, and Geochemistry. Outside the classroom, his interests include travel, mountaineering, hiking, mountain biking, and telemark skiing.

Table of Contents

• Part I Igneous Petrology
• Chapter 1 Some Fundamental Concepts
• Chapter 2 Classification and Nomenclature of Igneous Rocks
• Chapter 3 Textures of Igneous Rocks
• Chapter 4 Igneous Structures and Field Relationships
• Chapter 5 An Introduction to Thermodynamics
• Chapter 6 The Phase Rule and One- and Two-Component Systems
• Chapter 7 Systems with More than Two Components
• Chapter 8 Chemical Petrology I: Major and Minor Elements
• Chapter 9 Chemical Petrology II: Trace Elements and Isotopes
• Chapter 10 Generation of Basaltic Magmas
• Chapter 11 Magma Diversity
• Chapter 12 Layered Mafic Intrusions
• Chapter 13 Mid-Ocean Ridge Volcanism
• Chapter 14 Oceanic Intraplate Volcanism
• Chapter 15 Continental Flood Basalts
• Chapter 16 Subduction-Related Igneous Activity Part I: Island Arcs
• Chapter 17 Subduction-Related Igneous Activity Part II: Continental Arcs
• Chapter 18 Granitoid Rocks
• Chapter 19 Continental Alkaline Magmatism
• Chapter 20 Anorthosites
• Part II Metamorphic Petrology
• Chapter 21 An Introduction to Metamorphism
• Chapter 22 A Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
• Chapter 23 Structures and Textures of Metamorphic Rocks
• Chapter 24 Stable Mineral Assemblages in Metamorphic Rocks
• Chapter 25 Metamorphic Facies and Metamorphosed Mafic Rocks
• Chapter 26 Metamorphic Reactions
• Chapter 27 Thermodynamics of Metamorphic Reactions
• Chapter 28 Metamorphism of Pelitic Sediments
• Chapter 29 Metamorphism of Calcareous and Ultramafic Rocks
• Chapter 30 Metamorphic Fluids, Mass Transport and Metasomatism
• Appendix A: Units and Constants
• Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Appendix C: The CIPW Norm