A modern presentation of granitic rocks, translated into English and updated from the original French edition. Mineralogical, petrological, structural, and economical aspects are developed in a succession of 14 chapters containing special 'info boxes' discussing topics for those wishing to deepen the subject.

• 1: What is a granite?


• 2: Origin of granitic magmas


• 3: Segregation of granitic melt


• 4: Genesis of hybrid granitoids: mingling and mixing


• 5: Transport of granitic magma


• 6: Emplacement and shape of granite plutons


• 7: Thermomechanical aspects in the country rocks around granite plutons


• 8: Crystallization of granitics magmas


• 9: Microstructures and fabrics of granites


• 10: Magnetic fabrics in granites


• 11: Zoning in granite plutons


• 12: Granites and plate tectonics


• 13: Precambrian granitic rocks


• 14: Granite metallogeny

Anne Nédélec and Jean-Luc Bouchez are Professors in Earth Sciences at the University of Toulouse. Both are based at the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (Géosciences Environnement Toulouse). Anne is a petrologist, specialist of Precambrian Geology. Jean-Luc, a specialist in rock deformation, participated in the development of structural studies in magmatic rocks. Both have a broad experience in laboratory and field studies in Africa, Madagascar, Brazil, Iran, and France, among others.; Peter Bowden has been Professeur Invité in the Département de Géologie at Université de Saint Etienne since 1998. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of African Earth Sciences from 1993 to 2001, and Senior Lecturer and co-ordinator for the BSc Geochemistry degree at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, from 1987 to 1998. He is a specialist in African Geology and an expert on A-type granites.