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Geological Magazine; September 2007; v. 144; no. 5; p. 889; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003172
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HIGGINS, M. D. 2006. Quantitative Textural Measurements in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology.

ix + 265 pp. Cambridge, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. Price £60.00, US $110.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 521 84782 6.

Marian Holness

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Petrography – the study of rocks in thin section, or polished section – used to be the first port of call for geologists seeking to understand rock history and to build up a detailed picture of regional development. It is cheap, requiring only a microscope, and for a long while was remarkably effective as a research tool. In recent years there has been a huge . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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