ABSTRACT

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin se

chapter 1|18 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

Pelitic rocks

chapter 3|10 pages

Quartzites

chapter 4|10 pages

Marbles

chapter 5|10 pages

Calc-silicate rocks

chapter 6|8 pages

Mixed sedimentary rocks

chapter 7|10 pages

Conglomerates and breccias

chapter 8|12 pages

Gneisses

chapter 10|6 pages

Blueschists

chapter 11|10 pages

Eclogites

chapter 12|10 pages

Ultramafic rocks

chapter 13|8 pages

Contact metamorphic rocks

chapter 14|12 pages

Rocks in fault zones

chapter 15|14 pages

Foliation, cleavage, lineation

chapter 16|14 pages

Folds

chapter 17|12 pages

Porphyroblasts, porphyroclasts, and augen

chapter 18|10 pages

Boudins

chapter 19|12 pages

Veins and hydrothermal alteration

chapter 20|12 pages

Metasomatism

chapter 21|14 pages

Partial melting and migmatites

chapter 22|10 pages

Retrograde metamorphism

chapter 23|10 pages

Relict sedimentary features

chapter 24|6 pages

Fossils in metamorphic rocks

chapter 25|16 pages

Relict igneous features