Geochemistry : pathways and processes.
McSween, Harry Y.
Geochemistry : pathways and processes. - 2nd ed. / Harry Y. McSween, Jr., Steven M. Richardson, Maria E. Uhle. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2003. - xvi, 363 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Geochemistry / Steven M. Richardson. c1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface
1. Introducing Concepts in Geochemical Systems
2. How Elements Behave
3. A First Look at Thermodynamic Equilibrium
4. How to Handle Solutions
5. Diageneis: A Study in Kinetics
6. Organic Matter and Biomarkers: A Different Perspective
7. Chemical Weathering: Dissolution and Redox Processes
8. The Oceans and Atmosphere as a Geochemical System
9. Temperature and Pressure Changes: Themodynamics Again
10. Picturing Equilibria: Phase Diagrams
11. Kinetics and Crystallization
12. The Solid Earth as a Geochemical System
13. Using Stable Isotopes
14. Using Radioactive Isotopes
15. Stretching Our Horizons: Cosmochemistry
Appendix A: Mathematical Methods
Appendix B: Finding and Evaluating Geochemical Data
Appendix C: Numerical Values of Geochemical Interest
Glossary
Index
Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving real-life problems is vital for learning. The book gives students a thorough grasp of the basic principles of the subject, balancing the traditional equilibrium perspective and the kinetic viewpoint.
The first half of the book considers processes in which temperature and pressure are nearly constant. After introductions to the laws of thermodynamics, to fundamental equations for flow and diffusion, and to solution chemistry, these principles are used to investigate diagenesis, weathering, and natural waters. The second half of the book applies thermodynamics and kinetics to systems undergoing changes in temperature and pressure during magmatism and metamorphism. This revised edition incorporates new geochemical discoveries as examples of processes and pathways, with new chapters on mineral structure and bonding and on organic matter and biomarkers. Each chapter has worked problems, and the authors assume that the student has had a year of college-level chemistry and a year of calculus.
9780231124409
Geochemistry.
551.9 / MCS
Geochemistry : pathways and processes. - 2nd ed. / Harry Y. McSween, Jr., Steven M. Richardson, Maria E. Uhle. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2003. - xvi, 363 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Geochemistry / Steven M. Richardson. c1989.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface
1. Introducing Concepts in Geochemical Systems
2. How Elements Behave
3. A First Look at Thermodynamic Equilibrium
4. How to Handle Solutions
5. Diageneis: A Study in Kinetics
6. Organic Matter and Biomarkers: A Different Perspective
7. Chemical Weathering: Dissolution and Redox Processes
8. The Oceans and Atmosphere as a Geochemical System
9. Temperature and Pressure Changes: Themodynamics Again
10. Picturing Equilibria: Phase Diagrams
11. Kinetics and Crystallization
12. The Solid Earth as a Geochemical System
13. Using Stable Isotopes
14. Using Radioactive Isotopes
15. Stretching Our Horizons: Cosmochemistry
Appendix A: Mathematical Methods
Appendix B: Finding and Evaluating Geochemical Data
Appendix C: Numerical Values of Geochemical Interest
Glossary
Index
Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving real-life problems is vital for learning. The book gives students a thorough grasp of the basic principles of the subject, balancing the traditional equilibrium perspective and the kinetic viewpoint.
The first half of the book considers processes in which temperature and pressure are nearly constant. After introductions to the laws of thermodynamics, to fundamental equations for flow and diffusion, and to solution chemistry, these principles are used to investigate diagenesis, weathering, and natural waters. The second half of the book applies thermodynamics and kinetics to systems undergoing changes in temperature and pressure during magmatism and metamorphism. This revised edition incorporates new geochemical discoveries as examples of processes and pathways, with new chapters on mineral structure and bonding and on organic matter and biomarkers. Each chapter has worked problems, and the authors assume that the student has had a year of college-level chemistry and a year of calculus.
9780231124409
Geochemistry.
551.9 / MCS