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Igneous petrology, 3d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 12/1/2007; 178 words
; 9780763734480 Igneous petrology, 3d ed. McBirney, Alexander R. Jones & Bartlett 2007 550 pages $102.95 Paperback QE461 Why does the Peru-Chile Trench, which...
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Pegmatology: Pegmatite Mineralogy, Petrology, and Petrogenesis.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 7/1/2005; ; 654 words
; Pegmatology: Pegmatite Mineralogy, Petrology, and Petrogenesis by William Skip Simmons, Karen L. Webber, Alexander U. Falster, and James W. Nizamoff. Rubellite Press, New Orleans...
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Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic record with Petrology and Textures.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Geoscience Canada; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...edited volume in the Geological Society Special Publication series entitled Geochronology: Linking the isotopic record with petrology and textures. The volume consists of fourteen papers derived from a special symposium held at the 2002 Goldschmidt Conference...
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Archaeology and petrology of coal artifacts from a Thule settlement on Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...strikingly similar petrographic features. Key words: Arctic Canada, Axel Heiberg Island, Thule culture, coal artifacts, coal petrology, archaeology RESUME. Il arrive que des artefacts de charbon soient mis a jour lors de fouilles archeologiques dans les sites...
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Igneous rock associations 4. Oceanic island volcanism I mineralogy and petrology.(Series)
Magazine article from: Geoscience Canada; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; SUMMARY Oceanic islands tend to occur at the young ends of hotspot trails because they record the passage of oceanic plates over rising convection cells (plumes) in the mantle, of the propagation of cracks in the lithosphere. Basaltic volcanism on oceanic islands is generally unexplosive and,
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The Paipa volcano, Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, South America (part II): petrography and major elements petrology.
Magazine article from: Earth Sciences Research Journal; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Paipa volcano products are mainly pyroclastic pumice and ash flow tuffs, lava domes and pyroclastic block and ash flow tuffs. They are classified as alkaline rhyolites and trachytes and high-K calcalkaline rhyolites. Chemical data show Si[O.sub.2] values between 68 and 72%, and alkalis
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Petrology of the Dark Ridge Dunite, North Carolina.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science; 1/1/2001; ; 272 words
; The ultramafic bodies of the Appalachian mountain range have been of interest to geologists for years. Studies of these bodies give us a better understanding of the formation and metamorphic history of the Appalachians. This project focuses on the Dark Ridge dunite in Jackson County, North
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Thanks.(Chips from the Quarry)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 11/1/2004; 111 words
; THANKS: Dick Dietrich, petrology editor of Rocks & Minerals, sends thanks to those readers of this column who sent him such nice comments about the Gemrocks...
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Rock-forming minerals; v.3A: Sheet silicates; micas, 2d ed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 12/1/2005; 140 words
; ...Geological Society Pubg. House 2003 758 pages $225.00 Hardcover Rock-forming minerals QE363 This volume surveys the mineralogy and petrology of micas, constituting a thorough revision of the 1962 first edition. True and brittle micas found in igneous and metamorphic...
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New publication.(Chips from the Quarry)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 11/1/2004; 277 words
; ...Geochemical Society, and the Clay Minerals Society will launch Elements--An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology. Five 48-page issues are planned for the first year. According to the managing editor, Pierrette Tremblay, the past twenty...
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