ABSTRACT

A text which aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section. For lecturers and postgraduates in geology and petrology, the book provides reference for the interpretation of metamorphic rocks.

part A|113 pages

Introduction to metamorphism and metamorphic rocks

chapter 1|17 pages

Environments and processes of metamorphism

chapter 2|6 pages

Facies concept and petrogenetic grids

chapter 3|12 pages

Compositional groups of metamorphic rocks

part B|2 pages

Introduction to metamorphic textures and microstructures

chapter 4|15 pages

Layering, banding and fabric development

chapter 5|28 pages

Crystal nucleation and growth

chapter 7|13 pages

Replacement and overgrowth

part C|111 pages

Interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism

chapter 9|14 pages

Porphyroblast—foliation relationships

chapter 10|16 pages

Shear-sense indicators

chapter 11|17 pages

Veins and fluid inclusions