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Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. H.-G. Attendorn

    1. Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Museum of the Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster, Germany

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  2. R. N. C. Bowen

    1. Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Museum of the Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster, Germany

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. General Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 3-29

    3. Nucleosynthesis: Fons et origo of the chemical elements in the universe and on Earth

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 30-55

    4. Mass spectrometry

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 56-82

  3. Unstable (radioactive) isotope dating

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Uranium-thorium-lead dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 85-130

    3. Uranium series disequilibrium dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 131-153

    4. Uranium-xenon and uranium-krypton dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 154-158

    5. Rubidium-strontium dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 159-191

    6. Potassium-argon and argon-argon dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 192-243

    7. Carbon-14 dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 244-267

    8. Tritium dating

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 268-271

    9. Other methods

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 272-318

    10. Radiation damage dating methods

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 319-346

    11. Cosmogenic radionuclides

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 347-363

  4. Stable isotopes in the biosphere

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 365-365
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    2. Relevant stable isotopes in nature

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      Pages 367-396

    3. Isotopes in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 397-418

    4. Other applications of biospheric carbon and oxygen

      • H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen
      Pages 419-439
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About this book

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.

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...recommended for science libraries and laboratory reference shelves... - Nature; ...this is a book that is full of much useful information, and is written in a clear and pleasing style. - Journal of Petrology

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Museum of the Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster, Germany

    H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radioactive and Stable Isotope Geology

  • Authors: H.-G. Attendorn, R. N. C. Bowen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5840-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-75280-3Published: 28 February 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6467-5Published: 03 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5840-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 522

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Physical Chemistry

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