Arising of Contact, Feeling, Perception, Thinking I have seen in many places the description of the phases of contact, feeling, perception, thinking and etc. upon this site. I have three questions:

1) What is the name of this chain? Is it distinct from the links of dependent origination?

2) How can this chain and its parts best be explained?

3) Is there any book which can explain this chain, possibly in detail? 

Thank you.
1) What is the name of this chain? Is it distinct from the links of
  dependent origination?


It is called 60 piyarūpaṃ-sātarūpaṃ in saccapabba of mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta. 

It is a present part of dependent origination, nothing difference. 


  2) How can this chain and its parts best be explained?



Contact = metting of a sense + a sense-organ + a sense-data.
Feeling = result of contact.
Perception = memory of feeling for recollecting next time to
take/avoid the memorized feeling.
Thinking.



  3) Is there any book which can explain this chain, possibly in detail?


Abhidhammatthasaṅgaha Chapter 8.