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| Other authors / contributors: | Le Maitre, R. W. (Roger Walter)
International Union of Geological Sciences. Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks.
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| ISBN: | 0511066511
9780511066511
1601197462
9781601197467
9780511535581
0511535589
0521619483
9780521619486
9780521662154
052166215X
9780521619486
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Decades of field and microscope studies, and more recent quantitative geochemical analyses have resulted in a vast, and sometimes overwhelming, array of nomenclature and terminology associated with igneous rocks. This book presents a complete classification of igneous rocks based on all the recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. The glossary of igneous terms has been fully updated since the first edition and now includes 1637 entries, of which 316 are recommended by the Subcommission. Incorporating a comprehensive bibliography of source references for all the terms included in the glossary, this book is an indispensable reference guide for all geologists studying igneous rocks, either in the field or the laboratory. It presents a standardised and widely accepted naming scheme that will allow geologists to interpret terminology in the primary literature and provide formal names for rock samples based on petrographic analyses. It is also supported by a website with downloadable code for chemical classifications.
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| Other form: | Print version: Igneous rocks. 2nd ed. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 052166215X
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