It integrates a systematic account of the mineralogical changes accompanying metamorphism of the major rock types with discussion of the conditions and settings in which they formed. The use of ...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...

Stewart's work has revealed evidence that carbon dioxide emitted by metamorphic rocks generated the insulating effect necessary for organisms to survive. A paper titled "Enhanced metamorphic CO 2 ...

These minerals are found in metamorphic rocks – rocks transformed by heat, pressure or both. One of the great joys in studying metamorphic rocks lies in microanalysis of their minerals.

Quintin Question and Frank the Facts Machine explore the weather ... and how these affect its properties. What is a rock? Find out how igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks are formed.