Book Name: Essentials of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Authors: B. Ronald Frost and Carol D. Frost
Introduction:
All geoscience students need to understand the origins, environments, and basic processes that produce igneous and metamorphic rocks. This concise textbook, written specifically for one-semester undergraduate courses, provides students with the key information they need to understand these processes. Topics are organized around the types of rocks to expect in a given tectonic environment, rather than around rock classifications: this is much more interesting and engaging for students, as it applies petrology to real geologic environments. This textbook includes over 250 illustrations and photos, and is supplemented by additional color photomicrographs made freely available online. Application boxes throughout the text encourage students to consider how petrology connects to wider aspects of geology, including economic geology, geologic hazards, and geophysics. End-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply the concepts they have learned and to practice interpreting petrologic data.
About the Authors:
B. Ronald Frost
B. Ronald Frost is a professor of geology at the University of Wyoming, where he performs wide-ranging research on igneous and metamorphic petrology as well as ore deposits. He has authored more than 110 scientific papers on topics ranging from serpentinization and the metamorphism of serpentinites, ocean floor metamorphism, granulites, thermobarometry, the geochemistry of granites, and melting of sulfide ore deposits. He has conducted extensive field research in the Precambrian basement of Wyoming, as well as in Siberia, Greenland, northern Canada, and the Broken Hill area of Australia. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award from the German government. He has been an associate editor for the Journal of Metamorphic Geology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Petrology. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Economic Geologists, and the Geochemical Society, and a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. He has taught mineralogy, petrology, optical mineralogy, and ore deposits for more than thirty-five years.
Carol D. Frost
Carol D. Frost is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. She investigates the origin and evolution of the continental crust, the provenance of clastic sedimentary rocks, and granite petrogenesis, and she applies isotope geology and geochemistry to environmental issues including water coproduced with hydrocarbons and geological sequestration of carbon dioxide. She is the author of more than 120 scientific papers. She is a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and serves as the science editor for the Geological Society of America’s journal, Geosphere. She was awarded the CASE Wyoming Professor of the Year award in 2001. In 2008, she received her university’s highest faculty award, the George Duke Humphrey medal, recognizing teaching effectiveness, distinction in scholarly work, and distinguished service to the university and to the state. She has served in the administration of the University of Wyoming as director of the School of Energy Resources, associate vice president for research and economic development, and vice president for special projects, and she currently serves as associate provost.
The two authors are unrelated.
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