Hi, I'm an amateur geologist and the naming and classification of rocks I find very confusing. I enjoy a good technical read. Anyone care to offer suggestions on the "bible" of petrology (is that the right word? ) I reckon there might be some people on the list that would appreciate some good advice in this area as well as me.
FWIW if you are learning C programming its Kernighan & Ritchie, The C Programming Language, but I bet thats not much help to anyone here. :) The other question thats rattling round in my head is why there are so few technical articles linking areas like Sudbury, Clearwater and Bushveld to meteorite impacts. Bernd mentioned a while ago that it took science centuries to accept that rocks fell from the sky. Impact induced mantle plumes seem to be the "unpopular" model for these massive mineralised areas. (see below) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/largeimpacts2003/pdf/4032.pdf Is there a nometeorites101 in geology at uni where all first year geologists get this idea pounded into them? Sometimes, I think geologists should make some new definitions. regards to all in meteorite land chris sharp ----- Original Message ----- From: "N Lehrman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Ferguson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "tett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Eucrite, absolutely the strangest ever seen! Mark & others, This is totally absurd. Look up "gabbro" if you can spell it. Then write. Norm (an earth geologist that doesn't make up new definitions---) ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list