Albert Streckeisen

Albert Ludwig Streckeisen ( born November 8, 1901 in Basel, † September 29, 1998 in Bern ) was a Swiss Petro graph. He was the son of the Basel Forensikers Adolf Streckeisen ( 1857-1916 ).

Streckeisen studied geology, mineralogy and petrology in Basel, Zurich and Bern. In 1927 he received his doctorate. He taught at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and the University of Bern.

According to him, the Streckeisen diagram ( QAPF diagram) is named.

Works

  • Minerals and rocks. Hallwag, Bern, 1962 ( 13th edition: Parkland -Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-88059-637-9 ).
  • Roger Walter Le Maitre Albert Streckeisen: Igneous rocks: a classification and glossary of terms - recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.
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