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082	0	4	_a551.9 _223 _bW589
100	1		_aWhite, William M., _eauthor
245	1	0	_aIsotope geochemistry / _cWilliam M. White.
260			_aChichester : _bJohn Wiley, _c©2015.
300			_ax, 478 p. : _billustrations (some color) ; _c29 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aChapter 1: Atoms and nuclei: their physics and origins -- Chapter 2: Decay systems and geochronology I -- Chapter 3: Decay systems and geochronology II: U and Th -- Chapter 4: Geochronology III: other dating methods -- Chapter 5: Isotope cosmochemistry -- Chapter 6: Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of the mantle -- Chapter 7: Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of the continental crust and the oceans -- Chapter 8: Stable isotope geochemistry I: Theory -- Chapter 9: Stable isotope geochemistry II: High temperature applications -- Chapter 10: Stable isotope geochemistry III: Low temperature applications -- Chapter 11: Unconventional isotopes and approaches -- Chapter 12: Noble gas isotope geochemistry -- Appendix.
520			_aThis book provides a comprehensive introduction to radiogenic and stable isotope geogchemistry. 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, archeology, and paleontology, ore formation, and particularly, paleoclimatology. 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.
650		0	_aIsotope geology.
650		0	_aGeochemistry.
650		0	_aEarth sciences.
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