Igneous Petrology, 2nd edn, by Anthony Hall. Addison Wesley, Longman, 1996. 551 pp. {pound}26.99 (paperback).

The second edition of Dr Anthony Hall's undergraduate textbookhas been published some 9 years after the first edition. Thisedition is a significant revision although the approach hasnot changed, and many of the comments of this journal's reviewerof the first edition are still appropriate (Macdonald, 1988).The structure of this edition is largely the same as     

Chemical Fundamentals of Geology, 2nd edn, by Robin Gill. Chapman and Hall, London, 1995. 296 pp. {pound}19.99 (paperback).

This textbook is aimed at Earth Science undergraduate students,who, through the inadequacies of their education system, haveonly a limited knowledge of basic chemistry; but for studentswith a more extensive background in chemistry, this book serveswell as a refresher, with examples derived from geology andthe vernacular. It has a fairly comprehensive     

Radiogenic Isotope Geology,by Alan P. Dickin,Cambridge University Press,Cambridge, UK, 1995 (paperback edition, 1997), $95.00 (U.S., cloth), ISBN 0 521 43151 4, $44.96 (U.S., paper), ISBN 0 521 59891 5

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