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First and foremost, we would like to thank Norman Fry, whose original book was an important guide for both authors as students, and he is also thanked for giving us the go ahead to update the book and to provide all the original materials that formed an invaluable framework as we planned this revised version. This book has taken a long time to mature and we must thank the support and patience of the team of people at Wiley Blackwell and associated editorial groups (both past and present) who have helped to get the book finished. We must particularly thank (and apologies if we miss anyone); Mandy Collison, Andrew Harrison, Frank Weinreich, Emma Cole, Shiji Sreejish, Priyadharshini Arumugam, Bobby Kilshaw, Athira Menon, Nithya Sechin, Vinodhini Mathiyalagan, Audrie Tan, Fiona Seymour, Ian Francis, Delia Sandford, and Rachael Ballard. Many people directly contributed figures and photographs and input to this book scientifically and these are particularly thanked for their help and open sharing of information, including (in no particular order); Isabela Carmo (with additional help from Prof. Renata S. Schimdt – UFRJ), Hans Jørgen, Nick Timms, Steve Reddy, Richard Brown, John Schumacher, John Howell, Susanne Schmid, Jim Talbot, Christoph Schrank, Bob Tracy, Claudio De Morisson Valeriano, Clayton Grove, Dave Prior, Tonje Lund, Nigel Woodcock, Victor Guevara, and Chris Clark. David Gust, Scott Bryan, Jess Trofimovs, and the Queensland University of Technology team are thanked for access to the QUT metamorphic teaching samples.

Dougal is particularly grateful to the people who showed me some of the classic metamorphic terrains, intrusive contacts, and regional geology, where I learned much about these systems. Wes Gibbons, Dave Prior, John Wheeler, Lee Mangan, Bob Hunter, Mike Cheadle, and Henry Emeleus introduced me at the early stages of my career to some of the classic Scottish locations, and more recently the likes of John Schumacher and Torgeir Andersen introduced me to some of the more exotic and incredible metamorphic textures I have seen. My colleagues in Oslo such as Trond Torsvik, Henrik Svensen, Sverre Planke, Olivier Galland, Bjørn Jamtveit, François Renard, Stephanie Werner, Karen Mair, Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle, Bernd Etzelmüller, Carmen Gaina, and the whole of the CEED team over the last 10 years have shown great support, particularly to my book writing efforts and research collaborations, and further afield my “brother” Breno Waichel is thanked for exposing me to the South Atlantic Margins and to many Brazilian colleagues. Jo Garland and Izzy Jerram are thanked for their ongoing support, and particularly Jo for proof reading and figure commenting at various stages. Finally, I would like to personally thank all those that have helped in discussions in the field all over the world where complex hard rock relationships have been made clearer by great collaborations (you are soooo many, and you know who you are, cheers!).

Mark would like to thank Alan, Mike, Nigel, Tim, Jon, and the other great mentors he has met along the way. He only knows about many of the outcrops photographed in this book thanks to the generosity of friends and colleagues such as Eric Reusser, John Schumacher, Filippo Schenker, and Bob Tracy. The current and former members of the Metamorphic Processes group at Virginia Tech, and the students of VT’s GEOS 2024, 3704, and 4964, have always provided the best reasons to go back out and teach in the field, and I’m particularly grateful to those of you whose fingers, arms, and feet crept into some of the photos in this book – you know who you are! Thanks to Christiana Hoff for commenting on earlier versions of some chapters. Finally, thanks to my wife, Kristie, who read parts of the text, commented on many of the figures, and had the good grace to remain patient with me throughout this whole process.