Hefferan / O'Brien Earth Materials

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9121-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 624 Seiten, E-Book

Minerals and rocks form the foundation of geologic studies. Thisnew textbook has been written to address the needs of students atthe increasing number of universities that have compressed separatemineralogy and petrology courses into a one- or two-semester Earthmaterials course.
Key features of this book include:
* equal coverage of mineralogy, sedimentary petrology, igneouspetrology and metamorphic petrology;
* copious field examples and regional relationships with graphicsthat illustrate the concepts discussed;
* numerous case studies to show the uses of earth materials asresources and their fundamental role in our lives and the globaleconomy, and their relation to natural and human-inducedhazards;
* the integration of earth materials into a cohesiveprocess-based earth systems framework;
* two color thoughout with 48 pages of four color.
Readership: students taking an earth materials, orcombined mineralogy and petrology course in an earth science degreeprogram. It will also be useful for environmental scientists,engineering geologists, and physical geographers who need to learnabout minerals, rocks, soil and water in a comprehensiveframework.
A companion website for this book is available at: www.wiley.com/go/hefferan/earthmaterials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hefferan, Kevin

O'Brien, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Earth materials and the geosphere.
2. Atoms, elements, bonds and coordination polyhedra.
3 Atomic substitution, phase diagrams and isotopes.
4. Crystallography.
5. Mineral properties and rock-forming minerals.
6. Optical identification of minerals.
7. Classification of igneous rocks.
8. Magma and intrusive structures.
9. Volcanic features and landforms.
10. Igneous rock associations.
11. The sedimentary cycle: erosion, transportation, depositionand sedimentary structures.
12. Weathering, sediment production and soils.
13. Detrital sediments and sedimentary rocks.
14. Biochemical sedimentary rocks.
15. Metamorphism.
16. Metamorphism: stress, deformation and structures.
17. Texture and classification of metamorphic rocks.
18. Metamorphic zones, facies and facies series.
19. Mineral resources and hazards.
References.
Index.
Periodic table.
List of elements.

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Hefferan was born and raised in Jersey City, NJ to parentsoriginating from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland. Kevin receivedhis geologic training at New Jersey City State University, BrynMawr College and Duke University. Kevin is married to Sherri(Cramer) Hefferan and is the proud father of Kaeli, Patrick,Sierra, Keegan and Quin of Stevens Point, WI.
Married (Anita, 40 years) with two sons (Tyler, 30 and Owen,26). Born (10 Dec., 1941) in Seattle, Washington, raised there andin Ohio and southern California. Parents were teachers, so summerswere spent with family travelling throughout the west, imbuing mewith a passion for the natural world. Discovered a passion forworking with students as a teaching assistant at Miami University(Ohio) and combined the two passions in a career teachinggeological sciences at New Jersey City University. Asedimentologist by training, I took over responsibility formineralogy, petrology and structure courses when a colleaguedeparted. The Earth Materials text is in part the result of thatserendipitous occurrence.