The second half of the past century witnessed a remarkable paradigm shift in approach to the understanding of igneous rocks. Global literature records a change

Concise introductory textbook on the petrology of igneous and metamorphic rocks for one-semester courses. Topics are organized around the types of rocks to expe

A concise introduction to the mineralogy and petrology of igneous and metamorphic rocks for all Earth Science students.

A textbook providing a quantitative approach to the petrologic principles of igneous and metamorphic rocks in a new edition.

Igneous petrology was to some extent essentially a descriptive sci ence until about 1960. The results were mainly obtained from field work, major element analys