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This 1978 successor to Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students covers igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.
List of contents
Preface; Part I. Igneous Rocks S. R. Nockolds: 1. Igneous rocks and their textures; 2. The classification of igneous rocks; 3. Granitic rocks; 4. Silicic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks; 5. Syenites; 6. Trachytes and microsyenites; 7. Monzonites, monzodiorites, monzogabbros; 8. Latites, latite-andesites, allied volcanic and their hypabyssal equivalents; 9. Siorites; 10. Andesites and their hypabyssal equivalents; 11. Gabbros and related rocks; 12. Basalts and dolerites; 13. Ultramafic igneous rocks; 14. Nepheline syenites and allied rocks; 15. Phonolites, related volcanics and their hypabyssal representatives; 16. Nepheline monzonites, essexites and related rocks; 17. Tephrites, basanites, allied volcanics and their hypabayssal representatives; 18. Ultra-alkaline igneous rocks and caronatites; 19. Lamprophyres; 20. Pyroclastic rocks; Part II. Sedimentary Rocks R. W O'B. Knox: 21. Sedimentary rocks - introduction; 22. Sedimentary textures; 23. Argillaceous rocks; 24. Arenaceous rocks; 25. Calcareous rocks; 26. Solomitic rocks; 27. Siliceous rocks; 28. Phosphatic tocks; 29. Ferruginous rocks; 30. Manganiferous rocks; 31. Saline rocks; 32. Carbonaceous rocks; Part III. Metamorphic Rocks G. A. Chinner: 33. Metamorphism: deformation and recrystallisation; 34. Metasomatism and melting; 35. The facies classification of metamorphic rocks; 36. Progressive regional metamorphism; 37. Granualites and eclogites; 38. The blueschist (glaucophane-schist-facies; 39. Very low-grade metamorphism; Index.
Summary
This 1978 successor to Harker's 1954 text Petrology for Students, makes Harker's microdrawings, together with over 60 further ones, available in an original petrographic text, amplifying the coverage to embrace rock types whose importance had increased since Harker's work was published.
