Accelerating progress in the application of radioactive and stable isotope analysis to a varied range of geologicla and geochemical problems in geology has required a complete revision of
Isotopes in
the Earth Sciences
, published in 1988.
This new book comprises four parts: the first introduces isotopic chemistry and examines mass spectroscopic methods; the second eeals with radiometric dating methods. Part Three examines the importance of isotopes in climato-environmental studies, and increasingly significant area of research. The last part looks at extra-terrestrial matter, geothermometry and the isotopic geochemistry of the Earth's lithosphere.
Post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers in geochemistry, as well as final year undergraduates in the earth and environmental sciences, will find
Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology
an invaluable, uo-to-date and thorough treatment of the theory and practice of isotopie geology.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
...recommended for science libraries and laboratory reference shelves... - Nature; ...this is a book that is full of much useful information, and is written in a clear and pleasing style. - Journal of Petrology
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ISBN-13
978-94-011-5840-4 (9789401158404)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-011-5840-4
Schweitzer Klassifikation
One General Introduction.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Nucleosynthesis:Fons et origoof the chemical elements in the universe and on Earth.- 3 Mass spectrometry.- Two Unstable (radioactive) isotope dating.- 4 Uranium-thorium-lead dating.- 5 Uranium series disequilibrium dating.- 6 Uranium-xenon and uranium-krypton dating.- 7 Rubidium-strontium dating.- 8 Potassium-argon and argon-argon dating.- 9 Carbon-14 dating.- 10 Tritium dating.- 11 Other methods.- 12 Radiation damage dating methods.- 13 Cosmogenic radionuclides.- Three Stable isotopes in the biosphere.- 14 Relevant stable isotopes in nature.- 15 Isotopes in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology.- 16 Other applications of biospheric carbon and oxygen.- Four Isotopes in the lithosphere.- 17 Extraterrestrial matter.- 18 Isotopes in rocks and minerals.- 19 Isotope geothermometers.- References.- Author Index.