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G.A. Snyder, C.R. Neal and W.G. Ernst (Eds.) Planetary Petrology and Geochemistry: the Lawrence A. Taylor 60^th Birthday Volume.

Boulder, Colorado (Geological Society of America) 1999. vi + 277 pp. Price $89.95 (postpaid). ISBN 0-9665-869-1-3

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This is a volume commemorating the 60th birthday of Lawrence A. Taylor. Taylor, whose career as a planetary scientist began in 1965 as a NASA Research Fellow at Lehigh University, and who has made important contributions to numerous areas of the planetary and earth sciences over the intervening years. This volume seeks to reflect that variety, with papers ranging in topic from eclogitic diamond inclusions to carbonate formation in Martian meteorite ALH 84001.

The book is divided into 3 sections: ‘The Earth’. ‘The Moon’, and ‘Meteorites and Planets’. ‘The Earth’ has eight contributed papers, and although some do attempt to review their respective fields, too many cover topics that are highly location specific, with little attempt . . . [Full Text of this Article]