Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology

By Robert Bowen and Hans-Gunter Attendorn

Book Overview

Accelerating progress in the application of radioactive and stable isotope analysis to a varied range of geologicla and geochemical problems in geology has required a complete revision of Isotopes in the Earth Sciences , published in 1988. This new book comprises four parts: the first introduces isotopic chemistry and examines mass spectroscopic methods; the second eeals with radiometric dating methods. Part Three examines the importance of isotopes in climato-environmental studies, and increasingly significant area of research. The last part looks at extra-terrestrial matter, geothermometry and the isotopic geochemistry of the Earth's lithosphere. Post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers in geochemistry, as well as final year undergraduates in the earth and environmental sciences, will find Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology an invaluable, uo-to-date and thorough treatment of the theory and practice of isotopie geology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0412752808
• ISBN13: 9780412752803
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.6"