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The Nature And Origin Of Granite
Wallace S. Pitcher
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Description for The Nature And Origin Of Granite
Hardback. The granitic rocks outcrop abundantly throughout the continents, often forming the cores of mountain chains. Granites for the most part are produced by melting in the deep crust. There is still much to discover, especially concerning the physics and chemistry of the processes of granite generation. This book aims to highlight the existing enigmas. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
The origin of granite has for long fascinated geologists though serious debate on the topic may be said to date from a famous meeting of the Geological Society of France in 1847. My own introduction to the subject began exactly one hundred years later when, in an interview with Profes sor H. H. Read, I entered his study as an amateur fossil collector and left it as a committed granite petrologist - after just ten minutes! I can hardly aspire to convert my reader in so dramatic a way, yet this book is an attempt, however inadequate, to pass on ... Read more
The origin of granite has for long fascinated geologists though serious debate on the topic may be said to date from a famous meeting of the Geological Society of France in 1847. My own introduction to the subject began exactly one hundred years later when, in an interview with Profes sor H. H. Read, I entered his study as an amateur fossil collector and left it as a committed granite petrologist - after just ten minutes! I can hardly aspire to convert my reader in so dramatic a way, yet this book is an attempt, however inadequate, to pass on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412758607
SKU
V9780412758607
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99-15
Reviews for The Nature And Origin Of Granite
about the first edition: `Without doubt, Wallace Pitcher is currently the granite specialist ... an essential book for deep-zone geologists, whether granitologists or not.' Geotechnique `... this excellent and very readable book by an acknowledged master of the craft. The book should be read by anybody interested in ... Read more