ENGLISH

Geochemistry

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year
2015
ISBN
9780470656679, 9780470656686, 9781785393594, 1785393596
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32991694 bytes)
Edition
Enhanced Credo edition
Pages
(15 entries) : 415 images\670
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of geochemistry. The book first lays out the geochemical toolbox: the basic principles and techniques of modern geochemistry, beginning with a review of thermodynamics and kinetics as they apply to the Earth and its environs.;About the companion website -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Energy, entropy and fundamental thermodynamic concepts -- Chapter 3. Solutions and thermodynamics of multicomponent systems -- Chapter 4. Applications of thermodynamics to the Earth -- Chapter 5. Kinetics: the pace of things -- Chapter 6. Aquatic chemistry -- Chapter 7. Trace elements in igneous processes -- Chapter 8. Radiogenic isotope geochemistry -- Chapter 9. Stable isotope geochemistry -- Chapter 10. The big picture: cosmochemistry -- Chapter 11. Geochemistry of the solid earth -- Chapter 12. Organic geochemistry, the carbon cycle, and climate -- Appendix.

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