Isotope Geochemistry

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By WM White

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Isotope Geochemistry by WM White explores the principles and applications of isotope geochemistry, offering insights into how isotopes are used in the study of Earth's processes. It covers the fundamental theories and techniques, addressing geological phenomena and environmental issues through the lens of isotopic analysis. This scientific examination provides valuable knowledge for anyone interested in the natural sciences.
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If you have a keen interest in understanding the Earth's chemical composition and the processes that shape our planet, this book may be just what you're looking for. It provides in-depth insights into natural isotopes and their applications, making it an engaging read for science enthusiasts and students in geochemistry.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. Beginning with a brief overview of nuclear physics and nuclear origins, it then reviews radioactive decay schemes and their use in geochronology. A following chapter covers the closely related techniques such as fission-track and carbon-14 dating.

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Isotope Geochemistry provides a comprehensive introduction to radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. Beginning with a brief overview of nuclear physics and nuclear origins, it then reviews radioactive decay schemes and their use in geochronology.

A following chapter covers the closely related techniques such as fission-track and carbon-14 dating. Subsequent chapters cover nucleosynthetic anomalies in meteorites and early solar system chronology and the use of radiogenic isotopes in understanding the evolution of the Earth’s mantle, crust, and oceans.

Attention then turns to stable isotopes and, after reviewing the basic principles involved, the book explores their use in topics as diverse as mantle evolution, archaeology and palaeontology, ore formation, and, particularly, palaeoclimatology.

A following chapter explores recent developments including unconventional stable isotopes, mass-independent fractionation, and isotopic ‘clumping’. The final chapter reviews the isotopic variation in the noble gases, which result from both radioactive decay and chemical fractionations.

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ISBN: 9780470656709

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 212.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 1306g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

William White teaches geochemistry as a Professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University. He received a B.A. in geology from the University of California, Berkeley and a PhD in oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. He is a Fellow of the Geochemical Society/European Association of Geochemistry and the AGU and has been named a highly cited author by ISI. He is the author of Geochemistry, also published by Wiley-Blackwell.