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Principles and Applications of Geochemistry

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ISBN-10: 0023364505

ISBN-13: 9780023364501

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Gunter Faure

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Intended as an introduction to Geochemistry for Geology majors in their senior year or first year of graduate work. Designed to show students how to use chemical principles in solving geological problems, this text emphasizes a quantitative approach to problem solving and demonstrates how chemical principles control geologic processes in atomic and large-scale environments.
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Book details

List price: $233.32
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 12/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 5.40" wide x 9.20" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

Planet Earth in the Solar System
What Is Geochemistry?
In the Beginning
The Solar System
Chemical Differentiation of the Earth
Principles of Inorganic Geochemistry
The Electronic Structure of Atoms
The Periodic Table and Atomic Weights
Chemical Bonds, Ionic Radii, and Crystals
Ionic Substitution in Crystals
Aqueous Geochemistry and the Stability of Minerals
Acids and Bases
Salts and Their Ions
Thermodynamics
Mineral Stability Diagrams
Clay Minerals
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Rates of Geothermal Processes
Isotope Geochemistry and Mixing
Isotopic Geochronometers
Isotope Fractionation
Mixing and Dilution
Applications of Geochemistry to the Solution of Global Problems
Consequences of Chemical Weathering
The Chemical Composition of Surface Water
Chemical Weathering of Mineral Deposits
Geochemical Cycles
Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Environmental Geochemistry: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Effect of Environmental Lead on Human Health
Useful Data Tables
Standard Gibbs Free Energies (G f0 ) and Standard Enthalpies of Formation (H f0 )
Author Index
Subject Index