Recollections of a Petrologist 1-1-001-323-4330-323 Geological Survey and the University

Geological Survey and the University of Chicago

and paleoclimatologists

Pages: 230

with case studies and reviews of its geochronology and crustal evolution

detailed stratigraphy and paleontology of red beds of Late Triassic and Middle Jurassic age along the Gulf of Mexico coast region

Recollections of a Petrologist 1-1-001-323-4330-323 Geological Survey and the UniversityAuthor: Joseph Paxson Iddings Editor: Davis A. Young In Recollections of a Petrologist, Joseph Paxson Iddings (18571920), the leading American igneous petrologist of his era, recounts his illustrious career with the U. S. Geological Survey and the University of Chicago. A major participant in the transition from hand specimen petrography to theoretical igneous petrology based on microscopical petrography and physical chemistry, Iddings deciphered the