InhaltsangabePreface. Acknowledgments. 1. Earth materials and the geosphere. 2. Atoms, elements, bonds and coordination polyhedra. 3 Atomic substitution, phase diagrams and isotopes. 4. Crystallography. 5. Mineral properties and rock-forming minerals. 6. Optical identification of minerals. 7. Classification of igneous rocks. 8. Magma and intrusive structures. 9. Volcanic features and landforms. 10. Igneous rock associations. 11. The sedimentary cycle: erosion, transportation, deposition and sedimentary structures. 12. Weathering, sediment production and soils. 13. Detrital sediments and sedimentary rocks. 14. Biochemical sedimentary rocks. 15. Metamorphism. 16. Metamorphism: stress, deformation and structures. 17. Texture and classification of metamorphic rocks. 18. Metamorphic zones, facies and facies series. 19. Mineral resources and hazards. References. Index. Periodic table. List of elements.

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Kevin Hefferan was born and raised in Jersey City, NJ to parents originating from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland. Kevin received his geologic training at New Jersey City State University, Bryn Mawr College and Duke University. Kevin is married to Sherri (Cramer) Hefferan and is the proud father of Kaeli, Patrick, Sierra, Keegan and Quin of Stevens Point, WI. Married (Anita, 40 years) with two sons (Tyler, 30 and Owen, 26). Born (10 Dec., 1941) in Seattle, Washington, raised there and in Ohio and southern California. Parents were teachers, so summers were spent with family travelling throughout the west, imbuing me with a passion for the natural world. Discovered a passion for working with students as a teaching assistant at Miami University (Ohio) and combined the two passions in a career teaching geological sciences at New Jersey City University. A sedimentologist by training, I took over responsibility for mineralogy, petrology and structure courses when a colleague departed. The Earth Materials text is in part the result of that serendipitous occurrence.

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Earth materials and the geosphere. 2. Atoms, elements, bonds and coordination polyhedra. 3 Atomic substitution, phase diagrams and isotopes. 4. Crystallography. 5. Mineral properties and rock-forming minerals. 6. Optical identification of minerals. 7. Classification of igneous rocks. 8. Magma and intrusive structures. 9. Volcanic features and landforms. 10. Igneous rock associations. 11. The sedimentary cycle: erosion, transportation, deposition and sedimentary structures. 12. Weathering, sediment production and soils. 13. Detrital sediments and sedimentary rocks. 14. Biochemical sedimentary rocks. 15. Metamorphism. 16. Metamorphism: stress, deformation and structures. 17. Texture and classification of metamorphic rocks. 18. Metamorphic zones, facies and facies series. 19. Mineral resources and hazards. References. Index. Periodic table. List of elements.