The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...

The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

"These are termed the common rock-forming minerals and include feldspar, olivine, pyroxene, mica, quartz and amphibole." Igneous rocks may be subjected to high heat and pressure, or exposed to ...

Techniques for Understanding Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Planetary Surfaces ...

To address this, we conducted detailed micro–chemical analyses of phenocrysts, groundmass microcrysts, melt inclusions, and groundmass glass. Using mineral–melt thermobarometry, we characterized the ...

Important concepts that will be discussed include the controls on metamorphism, fluid-rock interaction and mineral reactions, metamorphic and deformation fabrics, deformation mechanisms, lithosphere ...