This is the first modern text to provide a thorough integrated treatment of those parts of the subject that use the polarizing microscope as the central analyti

This concise, clear and handy–sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identifi cation in

At a time when 'textural' evidence is regarded as being 'obvious' ( . . . ) it becomes more and more difficult to find illustrations or even descriptions of the

Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.

A companion volume to the "Atlas of rock-forming minerals in thin section", this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elem