pt. 1. Metamorphic rock types -- Pelitic rocks -- Quartzites -- Marbles -- Calc-silicate rocks -- Mixed sedimentary rocks -- Conglomerates and breccias -- Gneisses -- Basaltic rocks, low and intermediate pressure -- Blueschists -- Eclogites -- Ultramafic rocks -- Contact metamorphic rocks -- Rocks in fault zones -- pt. 2. Metamorphic features -- Foliation, cleavage, lineation -- Folds -- Porphyroblasts, porphyroclasts, and augen -- Boudins -- Veins and hydrothermal alteration -- Metasomatism -- Partial melting and migmatites -- Retrograde metamorphism -- pt. 3. Relict pre-metamorphic features -- Relict sedimentary features -- Fossils in metamorphic rocks -- Relict igneous features.
Summary:
"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 section. The thin section photos are all at a scale and in a context that can be related to views seen in the field through a hand lens. This book will serve as a pictorial atlas of metamorphic rocks, processes, and features. Suitable for a broad range of education, background, and interests"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.