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P. Comin-Chiaramonti and C. de Barros Gomes (editors) 2005. Mesozoic to Cenozoic Alkaline Magmatism in the Brazilian Platform.

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005. ISBN: 8531403626, Price US $60.00 (including shipping). www.edusp.com.br, edusp@edu.usp.br

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This is a huge book, with 22 chapters, a list of 47 contributors and the descriptions of 100 alkaline complexes. The sheer size and scale of the book make it quite difficult to digest for review but straightaway it is obvious that the book is a very important reference work and the editors are to be congratulated on completing the enormous task of bringing it all together. The editors are themselves co-authors of 14 of the chapters and the book is very much centred on many years of Brazilian-Italian collaboration. The geographic area covered includes Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay as well as Brazil.

Maps and many diagrams are in colour throughout, which certainly enhances the look and feel of the book and makes it easier to read the graphs. However, even with colour available, I could hardly find a picture of a rock or mineral in the whole of the 22 chapters. Is there nothing described on the Brazilian platform that would merit a portrait here? There are no SEM images either and this gives a flavour of the volume – lots of geochemistry, . . . [Full Text of this Article]