"Replaces and greatly amplifies much of the content of the first fifteen chapters of ... Igneous and metamorphic petrology [by F. J. Turner and J. Verhoogen] (McGraw-Hill, 1960)" Bibliography: p. 665-714.

Revision of first fifteen chapters of Turner, Francis John, and Verhoogen, John "Igneous and metamorphic petrology" 2nd ed. 1960, q.v. 1. Magma and Igeneous Rocks -- 2. Classification and Variety of Ingeneous Rocks -- 3. Factors in Magmatic Evolution -- 4. Liquids and Solids -- 5. Crystallization Paths of Igeneous Minerals at Low Pressures -- 6. Magmatic Gases and Volatile Components -- 7. Sources of Magma: Geophysical-Chemical Constraints -- 8. Basaltic Associatins of Ocean Basins -- 9. Continental Tholeiitic Provinces -- 10. Continental Mafic Magmas from Deep Sources -- 11. Andesites and Associated Volcanic Rocks of Island Arcs and Continential Margins -- 12. Rocks of Continental Plutonic Provinces -- 13. Petrologic Assessment of the Mantle-Magma System