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Basalts
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BOOK REVIEW
H. H. HESS and A. POLDEBV~~BT (editors): Basalis.Intersoience-Wiley, New York, 1968. Volume 1, 1482 pp.; Volume 2, 483-862 pp. E8ch volume $22.00 (206 a). BAULTS 8x1 the most abund8nt rock of the oce8nic crust, and one of the most 8bunde4t volcanic rocks of the continents. Because of this they have been the subject of numerouspapers,and the need for 8 f3lmImq and review hae long been evident. Aarie Polderv8art just prior to his untimely death beg8u the formidable task of bringingtogether review articles on basalts. These two volumes, completed with H. H. Hess 8e editor, succeedsin presentingunder one cover much critical data rendmany ideas on the propertiesof basslte and on experimental crystiliz8tion in b8&tic systems. Partioulerly inform8tive and clearly written papers in the fir& volume in&de those on the forma and etzuctureaof extrusive basaltio rocks by G. A. MacDonald, the mineralogy of basaltic rocks by G. M. Brown, the effectaof high pressureby D. H. Green, the effects of water and oxygen on the crystallizationof basaltic m8gm8e by D. L. Hamilton and G. M. Anderson, and on isotope geochemiatq by P. W. G8at. Volume 2 includes 8 number of highly useful reviews, including 8 clear presentation of the cooling and solidificationof igneousrocks by J. C. Jaeger, snd on rhythmio and cryptio layering in mafic cmd ultramrtficrooks by L. R. Wager. Other valmble review 8rticlea inolude the differentiationof basaltic magnas by Hifashi Kuno, basaltic andesites by R. R. Coats, spilites and spilitiorocks by G. C. Amstutz, ealogitesby W. R. Churoh,metamorphism of m8f% rocks by Akiho Miy8ehiro, and origin of basaltic magm8s by D. H. Green. Geophysicists 8s well 8a petrologistswill f%udthe review of the physical proper&a of bssslta useful, a review written by John E. Nafe and CharlesDmke. Of the two volumes, I believe the second volume contains the most outd3tanding review 8rticles. I recommend Bcu&!s to graduate studente in petrology, and to professional reeearchers. These volumes will also prove particularlyusefulin the preparationof gradu8te igneouspetrology lectures. LXvia&n of Petrology smdthsontin
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U.S. Nat&m& Museum Waahimgkm, D.C. 20560
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BOOK REVIEW
H. H. HESS and A. POLDEBV~~BT (editors): Basalis.Intersoience-Wiley, New York, 1968. Volume 1, 1482 pp.; Volume 2, 483-862 pp. E8ch volume $22.00 (206 a). BAULTS 8x1 the most abund8nt rock of the oce8nic crust, and one of the most 8bunde4t volcanic rocks of the continents. Because of this they have been the subject of numerouspapers,and the need for 8 f3lmImq and review hae long been evident. Aarie Polderv8art just prior to his untimely death beg8u the formidable task of bringingtogether review articles on basalts. These two volumes, completed with H. H. Hess 8e editor, succeedsin presentingunder one cover much critical data rendmany ideas on the propertiesof basslte and on experimental crystiliz8tion in b8&tic systems. Partioulerly inform8tive and clearly written papers in the fir& volume in&de those on the forma and etzuctureaof extrusive basaltio rocks by G. A. MacDonald, the mineralogy of basaltic rocks by G. M. Brown, the effectaof high pressureby D. H. Green, the effects of water and oxygen on the crystallizationof basaltic m8gm8e by D. L. Hamilton and G. M. Anderson, and on isotope geochemiatq by P. W. G8at. Volume 2 includes 8 number of highly useful reviews, including 8 clear presentation of the cooling and solidificationof igneousrocks by J. C. Jaeger, snd on rhythmio and cryptio layering in mafic cmd ultramrtficrooks by L. R. Wager. Other valmble review 8rticlea inolude the differentiationof basaltic magnas by Hifashi Kuno, basaltic andesites by R. R. Coats, spilites and spilitiorocks by G. C. Amstutz, ealogitesby W. R. Churoh,metamorphism of m8f% rocks by Akiho Miy8ehiro, and origin of basaltic magm8s by D. H. Green. Geophysicists 8s well 8a petrologistswill f%udthe review of the physical proper&a of bssslta useful, a review written by John E. Nafe and CharlesDmke. Of the two volumes, I believe the second volume contains the most outd3tanding review 8rticles. I recommend Bcu&!s to graduate studente in petrology, and to professional reeearchers. These volumes will also prove particularlyusefulin the preparationof gradu8te igneouspetrology lectures. LXvia&n of Petrology smdthsontin
w.
Institution
U.S. Nat&m& Museum Waahimgkm, D.C. 20560
637
G.
&fELElON