Find out more about available formats and browse any associated online resources. All Earth Science students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and ...

Find out more about available formats and browse any associated online resources. Building upon the award-winning second edition, this comprehensive textbook provides a fundamental understanding of ...

These are formed when either igneous or sedimentary rocks are changed. Heat and/or pressure will cause the elements in the original rock to react and re-form. Metamorphic rocks are highly ...

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 ...

"We're constantly finding new minerals, because we're exploring areas that might have conditions we didn't know about," Anderson said. There are three main types of rock — igneous, sedimentary and ...

The rover stumbled upon a zebra-striped rock that is unique against the red surroundings of the planet. This rock is about ...

background information on the structure and forces affecting the Earth in relation to rock formation a more practical hand-specimen guide with examples of rock samples commonly found in the United ...

His research interests range from the evolution of metamorphic rocks in Montana and Greece to atomic diffusion measurements in the ... and writing an interactive, online textbook for igneous and ...

My research lies at the intersection of structural geology, structural petrology, tectonic analysis, and metamorphic / igneous geology. As a quantitative, field-based geologist, I integrate a variety ...