Journal of Petrology | Volume 40 | Number 11 | Pages 1745 | 1999
© Oxford University Press 1999
Introduction to Metamorphic Textures, 2nd edition, by A. J. Barker. Stanley Thornes, Cheltenham, 1998. 264 pp. ISBN 0748739858. Paperback. £29.95.
University of Bristol
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This is the second and expanded edition of Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures, which appeared about 8 years ago. The book is divided into three sections: Introduction to metamorphism and metamorphic rocks; Introduction to metamorphic textures and microstructures; and Interrelationships between deformation and metamorphism. The basic introduction to metamorphism is brief but useful, and more than three-quarters of the book is devoted to the main theme of metamorphic textures