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The first chapters of this textbook cover basic principles of geochemical applications to natural waters and deep Earth and planetary processes.The book introduces topics rarely covered in a single text and emphasizes processes over descriptive material. Suitable for an introductory class, the textbook can also be used as a quick review of geochemical concepts by scientists from other fields. ... Read more

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Geochemistry
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This complete guide will tell you all the basic and in some ways advanced knowledge of GeoChemistry. ... Read more

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The history of Earth in the Solar System has been unraveled using natural radioactivity. The sources of this radioactivity are the original creation of the elements and the subsequent bombardment of objects, including Earth, in the Solar System by cosmic rays. Both radioactive and radiogenic nuclides are harnessed to arrive at ages of various events and processes on Earth.

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Geochemistry of Earth Surface Systems offers an interdisciplinary reference for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students a sampling of articles on earth surface processes from The Treatise on Geochemistry that is more affordable than the full Treatise. For professionals, this volume will provide an overview of the field as a whole. For students, it will provide more in-depth introductory content than is found in broad-based geochemistry textbooks. Articles were selected from chapters across all volumes of the full Treatise, and include: Volcanic Degassing, Hydrothermal Processes, The Contemporary Carbon Cycle, Global Occurrence of Major Elements in Rivers, Organic Matter in the Contemporary Ocean, The Biological Pump, and Evolution of Sedimentary Rocks.

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The book focuses on heavy metals that have damaged the ecosystem Earth and its life forms. It characterizes natural and anthropogenic sources of pollutants, identifies physical, chemical and biological conditions that affect their ecosystem mobility. The book describes the pathways by which potentially toxic metals can access and concentrate to toxic levels in organisms. The text reviews the different environmental assessment, monitoring samples and analytical techniques used to determine how sample types bond the metals and hence affect their bioavailibility and bioaccumulation. Consideration is given to existing remediation methodologies and those being researched. Finally, the book emphasizes how pre-planning during project studies can result in the incorporation of technologies that will prevent or at least greatly alleviate the release of toxic metals to our living environment. ... Read more

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If what are you looking for is a good guide to understand how and why some toxic elements are released in the environment (especially in waters), this is a book that you must have. Each toxic metals (even some quite unusual) are well described in this book. ... Read more

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The authors, two of the best-known men in their field, have surveyed the whole of the broad science of geochemistry and have brought together much of our present knowledge of the subject. The book is divided into two parts. Part I treats the general aspects of geochemistry. It deals with: the chemistry of meteorites; the abundance of elements and nuclides; the geochemical structure and evolution of the Earth; the geochemistry of the geospheres (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere) and the distribution of elements therein; and the principal aspects of chemistry of the Universe, i.e., cosmochemistry. Part II contains a detailed discussion of the manner of occurrence of the elements. The Periodic Table is discussed, element by element, and the following features are individually discussed for each element: its manner of occurrence in meteorites and in the geochemical spheres of the Earth; its general geochemical character; its manner of occurrence in minerals; its course during magmatic crystallization; its role in cycles of weathering and metamorphism; its abundance in meteorites and in the rocks of the uppermost lithosphere, and its concentration in deposits of economic importance. The volume also contains a number of appendixes-among them, a table which provides the atomic and ionic radii of the elements, and tables of gravimetric conversion factors for the elements and their geochemically important compounds. A bibliography with more than seven hundred entries is included, with emphasis on special papers, as an aid for the research worker. Throughout the authors have emphasized the quantitative aspects in geochemistry and have attempted to synthesize and summarize new geochemical ideas. The book is written primarily for the use of geologists and chemists who are interested in the chemical aspects of our planet. It is also of fundamental importance to the practical and applied phases of the geological sciences, such as economic geology and prospecting.
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This volume covers the formation and biogeochemistry of a variety of important sediment types from their initial formation through their conversion (diagenesis) to sedimentary rocks. The volume deals with the chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic properties of sediments and sedimentary rocks and their use in interpreting the environment of formation and subsequent events in the history of sediments, and the nature of the ocean-atmosphere system through geological time.

Reprinted individual volume from the acclaimed Treatise on Geochemistry,
(10 Volume Set, ISBN 0-08-043751-6, published in 2003)

* Comprehensive and authoritative scope and focus
* Reviews from renowned scientists across a range of subjects, providing both overviews and new data, supplemented by extensive bibliographies
* Extensive illustrations and examples from the field ... Read more

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This book provides an up-to-date compilation of the latest research on the petrography, facies, paleonvironmental significance and economic aspects of continental carbonates. The overall organization of the book first emphasizes the descriptive aspects and processes operating on carbonate deposits in greatly varied settings, and then considers applications for basin analysis, as well as economic and historical aspects. This volume will be a valuable tool for graduate and postgraduate students as well as for experienced researchers. A CD that contains all colour figures has been inserted in the book. The first part (volume 61 in this series) will deal with the facies, environments, and processes of carbonates in continental settings.

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This work is based on the observation that further major advances in geochemistry, particularly in understanding the rules that govern the ways in which elements come together to form minerals and rocks, will require the application of the theories of quantum mechanics.The book therefore outlines this theoretical background and discusses the models used to describe bonding in geochemical systems.It is the first book to describe and critically review the application of quantum mechanical theories to minerals and geochemical systems. The book consolidates valuable findings from chemistry and materials science as well as mineralogy and geochemistry, and the presentation has relevance to professionals in a wide range of disciplines. Experimental techniques are surveyed, but the emphasis is on applying theoretical tools to various groups of minerals: the oxides, silicates, carbonates, borates, and sulfides.Other topics dealt with in depth include structure, stereochemistry, bond strengths and stabilities of minerals, various physical properties, and the overall geochemical distribution of the elements. ... Read more

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This book covers the more basic aspects of carbonate minerals and their interaction with aqueous solutions; modern marine carbonate formation and sediments; carbonate diagenesis (early marine, meteoric and burial); the global cycle of carbon and human intervention; and the role of sedimentary carbonates as indicators of stability and changes in the Earth's surface environment. The selected subjects are presented with sufficient background information to enable the non-specialist to understand the basic chemistry involved.Tested on classes taught by the authors, and approved by the students, this comprehensive volume will prove itself to be a valuable reference source to students, researchers and professionals in the fields of oceanography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental science and petroleum geology. ... Read more

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Provides a description of the basic processes that affect arsenic occurrence and transport by providing sufficient background information on arsenic geochemistry and descriptions of high-arsenic ground water. Of interest to scientists working in the field of arsenic, health professionals interested in arsenic exposure, and water-resource managers and regulators. ... Read more