Fluids in the earth's crust. their significance in metamorphic, tectonic and chemical transport processes W.S. Fyfe, N.J. Price and A.B. Thompson, 1978. Developments in Geochemistry, 1. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 383 pp., U.S. $ 49.75, Dfl. 125.00

This modern book stimulates the development of geochemistry in the earth sciences. The authors have largely put together separately written text on geochemistry, metamorphic petrology and structural geology. Their 'little attempt to unify' texts on the mentioned subjects has only been successful in the last three chapters, in which some integration of thoughts of the individual authors took place. These fascinating chapters answer to all purposes which the authors wrote down in the preface to this book.