N this book the task of summarising modern petrology I from the genetic standpoint has been attempted. The scale of the work is small as compared with the magni tude of its subject, but it is nevertheless believed that the field has been reasonably covered. In conformity with the genetic viewpoint petrology, as contrasted with petrography, has been emphasised throughout; and purely descriptive mineralogical and petrographical detail has been omitted. Every petrologist who reads this book will recognise the author's indebtedness to Dr. A. Harker and Dr. A. Holmes, among British workers; to Prof. R. A. Daly, Dr. H. S. Washington, and Dr. N. L. Bowen, among American petrologists; and to Prof. J. H. L. Vogt, Prof. V. M. Goldschmidt, Prof. A. Lacroix, and Prof. P. Niggli. among European investigators. The emphasis laid on modern views, and the relative poverty of references to the works of the older generation of petrologists, does not imply any disrespect of the latter. It is due to recognition of the desirability of affording the petrological student a newer and wider range of reading references than is usually supplied in this class of work; for refer ences tend to become stereotyped as well as text and illustrations. Furthermore it is believed that all that is good and living in the older work has been incorporated, consciously or unconsciously, in the newer.

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University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

G. W. Tyrrell

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Book Title: The Principles of PETROLOGY
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to the Science of Rocks
Authors: G. W. Tyrrell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6026-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1978
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-21500-1Published: 26 January 1978
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6026-1Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 368
Topics: Physics, general

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Igneous Rocks

The Secondary Rocks

The Metamorphic Rocks

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