Earth MaterialsISBN: 978-1-4443-3460-9
Paperback
672 pages
May 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Key features of this book include
- Equal coverage of mineralogy, sedimentary petrology, igneous petrology and metamorphic petrology
- Copious field examples and regional relationships with graphics that illustrate the concepts discussed.
- Numerous case studies to show the uses of earth materials as resources and their fundamental role in our lives and the global economy, and their relation to natural and human-induced hazards.
- The integration of earth materials into a cohesive process-based earth systems framework
- 2 color throughout with a 64 pages 4 color section