1 - Introduction (Pages: 1-18)rnrn2 - Physical properties of magma (Pages: 19-27)rnrn3 - Intrusion of magma (Pages: 28-51)rnrn4 - Forms of igneous bodies (Pages: 52-110)rnrn5 - Cooling of igneous bodies and other diffusion processes (Pages: 111-129)rnrn6 - Classification of igneous rocks (Pages: 130-148)rnrn7 - Introduction to thermodynamics (Pages:…
At a time when 'textural' evidence is regarded as being 'obvious' ( . . . ) it becomes more and more difficult to find illustrations or even descriptions of the arrangements of the various constituents of 'traumatized' rocks. It is helpful in consequence to advise geology students that the study of thin sections is not only concerned with the identi…