Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks under the Microscope

`. . . numerous photographs are well chosen . . . high quality drawings and photographs are used throughout . . . an excellent supplementary text for udergraduate or graduate courses in petrography or hard rock petrology. Shelley has done a masterful job of gathering and synthesizing material from many sources and organizing it into a useful, up-to-date source of information for those of us who use the petrographic microscope as a primary research tool. '
Journal of Geological Education
`I am impressed by the wide range of topics in igneous and metamorphic rocks covered by the author . . . Its value will be as an introduction to the literature on textures and microstructures. '
Canadian Mineralogist
`Dr Shelley' s book provides a good foundation . . . as well as being an excellent teaching book . . . an excellent reference book for many courses . . . I doubt that we will see a wider-ranging or better all-round textbook on igneous and metamorphic microstructures for a long time. '
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics