Essentials of Geochemestry

Name: Essentials of Geochemestry
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ISBN: 9780763726423

ISBN-10: 0763726427

ISBN-13: 9780763726423

Edition: 2005

Authors: John Victor Walther

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Essentials of Geochemistry is intended for introductory geochemistry courses. It is also an excellent resource for academic and industrial geologists and geochemists.

Book details

List price: $124.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 704
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English




Introduction



The earth's aggregate physical and chemical state



Introduction to thermodynamics



Mixtures and simple phase relations



Mineral chemistry



Aqueous solutions



Chemistry of natural waters



Chemistry of igneous rocks



Chemical controls on soil formation, diagenesis, metamorphism, and hydrothermal ore deposition



Radioactive isotope geochemistry



Stable isotope geochemistry



Surface sorption geochemistry



Chemical kinetics



Oxidation and reduction



Organic geochemistry



Atmospheric chemistry



Conventions and physical constants



Common conversion factors



Table of elements with atomic number, atomic weight, and valence states



Electron configuration of neutral elements



Atomic abundance of elements for the whole earth



Gibbs energy and volume of liquid H[subscript 2]O



Interactive session with SUPCRT92



Revised HKF model for the thermodynamic properties of aqueous species



Thermodynamic data for minerals



Thermodynamic data for gases



Thermodynamic data for aqueous species



Debye-Huckel a parameters (in kg[superscript 1/2] mole[superscript 1/2])



Debye-Huckel B parameters (in kg[superscript 1/2] mole[superscript 1/2] A)



Decay chain of isotopes [superscript 238]U, [superscript 234]Th, and [superscript 235]U indicating the half-life of each isotope



Balancing oxidation-reduction reactions