David Kenneth Bailey
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 506
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In 1928 a new landmark in petrology appeared, with the publication of Bowen's "The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks." There has been an increasing need for a sequel, especially to take into account the developments and consequences of high pressure experimentation, as the gap between Bowen's book and modern experimental petrology grew apace. This volume treats selected areas in depth, and the authors have tried to follow Bowen in producing a perspective view of the subject, advances made, relating the experiments to geological observations, and avoiding as much unfamiliar terminology as possible. This book is a basic text in experimental petrology, intended for earth scientists from the undergraduate level onwards.