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TITLES OF RELATED INTEREST Boninites

Mathematics in geology

A. J. Crawford (ed.)

J. Ferguson

Carbonatites

Metamorphism and metamorphic belts

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Cathodoluminescence of geological materials D. J. Marshall

Chemical fundamentals of geology R. Gill

Crystal structures and cation sites of the rock-forming minerals

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The dark side of the Earth

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Petrology of the metamorphic rocks R. Mason

Planetary landscapes

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R. Greeley

Deformation processes in minerals, ceramics and rocks

A practical introduction to optical mineralogy

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C. D. Gribble & A. J. Hall

Geology and mineral resources of West Africa

Rheology of the Earth

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Igneous petrogenesis

B. M. Wilson

Image interpretation in geology

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The inaccessible Earth

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Introduction to X-ray spectrometry

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Rutley's elements of mineralogy C. D. Gribble

Simulating the Earth

J. Holloway & B. Wood

Statistical methods in geology

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Volcanic successions

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Komatiites

The young Earth

N. Arndt & E. Nisbet (eds)

E. G. Nisbet

THE INTERPRETATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS K. G. Cox, 1. D. Bell and R. 1. Pankhurst

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Springer-Science+Business Media, B.v.

First edition 1979 Reprinted 1993

© 1979 K.G. Cox, J.D.Bell and R.J. Pankhurst Originally published by Chapman & Hall in 1979

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Preface

Our aim in writing this book is to try to show how igneous rocks can be persuaded to reveal some ofthe secrets of their origins. The data of igneous rocks consist of field relations, texture, mineralogy, and geochemistry. Additi