The life of Frank Coles Phillips (1902-1982) and the structural geology of the Moine petrofabric controversy /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Richard J. Howarth and Bernard E. Leake.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Geological Society,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 95 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
31 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Geological Society memoir ;
Volume Designation
no. 23
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-91) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Frank Coles Phillips was a petrographer, mineralogist and structural petrologist working in the middle of the twentieth century. He was very influential, both in the UK and abroad and was responsible for encouraging the development of structural geology as a discipline in Australia and for the adoption of the stereogram as a fundamental interpretational tool in structural geology in the UK. He was a superb teacher, perhaps best known amongst mineralogists and geologists of today for his classic textbooks, An Introduction to Crystallography and The Use of Stereographic Projection in Structual Geology." "This geological biography of an important twentieth century mineralogist and petrologist takes a critical look at Phillips' research in the context of contemporaneous developments in structural and Moine geology. It reviews his work in relation to both past problems and present solutions. It will be of interest to all geologists, especially structural and microstructural geologists, historians of science and the general reader with an interest in science."--Jacket.