metamorphic

Petrology of The Metamorphic Rocks

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Petrology of The Metamorphic Rocks ebook is available to be downloaded here now. There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of metamorphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared. Methods for determining temperatures and pressures have become almost routine, and there is a wide appreciation that … Read more

A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite

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A Petrographic Atlas of Ophiolite ebook is available to be downloaded here now. The basic tenet of the plate tectonic paradigm is that a newly generated oceanic plate is subducted at a trench. However, it is widely accepted today that some material is not subducted, but is accreted to form an accretionary wedge or prism, … Read more