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AN INTRODUCTION TO

IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY

OHN D. WINTER

An Introduction to

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

An Introduction to

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

John D. Winter
Department of Geology Whitman College

EB00062387

Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Winter, John D. (John DuNann) An introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology/by John D. Winter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-13-240342-0 1. Rocks, Igneous. 2. Rocks, Metamorphic. I. Title. QE461 .W735 2001 552 '.l-dc21 00-049196

Senior editor: Patrick Lynch Senior marketing manager: Christine Henry Production editor: Pine Tree Composition Assistant managing editor: Beth Sturla Art director: Jayne Conte Cover design: Bruce Kenselaar Cover photo: Kennan Harvey Manufacturing manager: Trudy Pisciotti Manufacturing buyer: Michael Bell Assistant editor: Amanda Griffith About the cover: Mt. Waddington is a net-veined agmatite. Marginal to a granite, this consists of metamorphed country rock shot through by granitic veining. © 2001 Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458

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This effort is dedicated to the faculty and my fellow graduate students at the University of Washington in the early 1970 's. They made geology interesting, and often downright fun. It is also



References: Figure 1-1 Interlocking texture in a granodiorite. From Bard (1986). Copyright © by permission Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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