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Characterization of Volcanic Rocks

Each of the subsections under theory and analysis gives you access to three electronic documents. These documents are Portable Document Format (*.pdf) files. The documents can be read on the screen or printed. To read and print the documents, your computer will have to have Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader is furnished free of charge and you can obtain it by clicking on the following button:

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The electronic documents can be downloaded to your computer by clicking the right mouse button when the cursor is over the underlined text fragments in the immediately following links:
Text file describing methods for characterizing volcanic rocks:
Part1.pdf
Figures that accompany the characterization text:
Figures1.pdf
Tables that accompany the characterization text:
Tables1.pdf

Step One

Copy to your computer, the three files that contain that part of the e-text you want to read. To do this, place the cursor over one the links to the to the files that you want to copy: Part1.pdf, Figures1.pdf, or Tables1.pdf. Click the right mouse button and select "Save Link Target As..." on the pop-up menu. When the "Save As" dialog box opens save the file to a location of your choice on your computer. Follow this procedure for all three files that contain the e-text. At this point, you should have the three *.pdf files stored on your computer as indicated by the following three icons:

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