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    University course units, and it will serve well as a basis At a more specific level, there were features that I
    for teaching the fundamentals of chemical geology. enjoyed and others which annoyed, I suppose inevitably.
    Unlike most recent petrology or petrogenesis texts, gran-
    P. van Calsteren ites are given more-or-less equal status with other major
    rock types. I was glad to find that restite and its separation
    from melt is acknowledged as a possible cause of chemical
    diversity in granites; most texts ignore or dismiss this
    Igneous Petrology, 2nd edn, by Anthony potentially important process. One concern is that the
    Hall. Addison Wesley, Longman, 1996. terms ‘crystal fractionation’, ‘fractional crystallization’
    551 pp. £26.99 (paperback). and ‘fractionation’ are all used for the process of ‘crys-

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    The second edition of Dr Anthony Hall’s undergraduate tallization differentiation’ of magma (but I suppose most
    textbook has been published some 9 years after the first of us have sinned in this regard). Although these terms
    edition. This edition is a significant revision although the are discussed on p. 221, undergraduates may find their
    approach has not changed, and many of the comments interchangeable use somewhat confusing, especially as
    of this journal’s reviewer of the first edition are still they are not strictly synonyms and ‘fractionation’ is used
    appropriate (Macdonald, 1988). The structure of this elsewhere in this text to describe the behaviour of stable
    edition is largely the same as that of the first, although isotopes without necessarily involving crystallization.
    there has been some reorganization of the chapters on The writing style is easy, and some difficult concepts
    geochemistry, and most alkaline rock types have been are put across in readily understandable terms. There
    gathered into a single chapter. are numerous maps and diagrams (but no photographs),
    This textbook sets out to describe the characteristics and there is a brief but useful glossary of many of those
    of igneous rocks and interpret their origins, using various awful acronyms which now plague the literature. The
    combinations of field, petrological and geochemical char- bibliography is rather dated, with less than 20% of the
    acteristics. There is no attempt to apply quantitative references published in the last 10 years (effectively since
    petrogenetic modelling to most examples, although many the first edition). This is partly a reflection of the choice
    of the tools for such modelling are presented in the early of examples, very many deriving from the classic Ca-
    chapters. Nevertheless, there is a place for this book ledonian or Tertiary examples of the UK, for which few
    among the recommended texts for students, not least modern studies exist.
    because it is well written and affordable. In summary, this is a good book of the traditional
    A virtue of this textbook is that the field occurrence genre, which will serve as a useful support text on the
    of volcanic and intrusive rocks is given extensive treat- occurrence, characteristics and origins of igneous rocks.
    ment, and details of field relations are given for many of Finding the right balance between the factual basis of
    the examples. However, I was disappointed that the the subject and the excitement of current research is
    discussion of granite diapirs and batholiths does not reflect always difficult in an undergraduate text; this one opts
    the considerable recent progress in our understanding of solidly for the former, and the important task of firing
    granite emplacement mechanisms. Perhaps more im- the imaginations of the next generation of igneous pet-
    portant is the fact that petrography is almost totally rologists (as did Carmichael, Turner & Verhoogen for
    absent (according to the preface, the student will already an earlier generation) is left to the instructor.
    have some knowledge of this). Although by no means
    an exact science, petrographic textures can sometimes REFERENCE
    provide useful and reliable information on crystallization Macdonald, R., 1988. Review of Hall, A.M. Igneous Petrology, 1st edn.
    history and therefore constrain possible mechanisms of Journal of Petrology 29, 923.
    differentiation, especially in basalts and mafic plutonic
    rocks. W. E. Stephens

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