Abstract
IN the middle of the last century much interest was shown in the problem of the genesis of igneous rocks, and especially in the manner of origin of diverse rock-types from a common stock or from a limited number of primitive ‘magmas’. The speculations of Be Beaumont, Bunsen, Durocher, and others suffered from the lack of any adequate basis either in petrographical knowledge or in chemical theory. Later, with the advent of the microscope in petrology, there came a great accumulation of material on the descriptive side, and meanwhile physical chemistry was making rapid progress.
The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks.
By N. L. Bowen. Pp. x + 334. (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1928.) 23s. net.
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H., A. The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks . Nature 124, 474–475 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124474a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124474a0
