Igneous rocks are examined by their tectonic setting and metamorphic rocks by their protolith, which is exactly how I have taught the course for many years. Inserts in each chapter take students to ...

Marble is a metamorphic rock, it is highly decorative and used for statues. Igneous rocks are formed from molten (liquid) rock that has cooled and solidified. The inside of the Earth is so hot ...

The book is comprehensive in its coverage of the processes involved in the petrogenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks and the implications of these processes ... facilitating multiple levels of ...

It is therefore instructive to examine the findings of some previous workers in relation to the methods they used.