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 ...

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 ...

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 ...