Igneous and metamorphic petrology represent two fundamental branches of geological science that elucidate the formation, transformation, and evolution of Earth’s solid materials. Igneous petrology ...

Introduction -- Physical properties of magma -- Intrusion of magma -- Forms of igneous bodies -- Cooling of igneous bodies and other diffusion processes -- Classification of igneous rocks -- ...

(1) THE appearance of a revised edition of Hatch and Wells's “Petrology of the Igneous Rocks” is a matter of interest to British petrologists, since this has long been a standard text-book in British ...

Welcome to Earth Science Week, everyone! Why not start off with a bang? At the end of last week, there was some buzz in the geoblogosphere and Twitter about a new paper in Nature that claims to have ...

Chad Deering is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Technological University. His research focuses on igneous petrology, volcanology, ...

Teaching:Browne teaches a variety of courses, including Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Volcanology, Field Geology, Physical Geology (introduction course), and graduate-level courses in ...

Experimental Igneous Petrology. My primary focus is using southwest North American igneous history to investigate the destruction of continental lithospheric mantle. Other topics of interest include ...

Boulder, CO, USA - This new Special Paper from The Geological Society of America reproduces the "scientific autobiography" of Joseph Paxson Iddings (1857-1920). Iddings was considered the leading ...