White W.M. Isotope Geochemistry (Wiley Works)

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. — 495 p. — ISBN: 0470656700This book provides a comprehensive introduction to radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. 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.Atoms and nuclei: their physics and origins
Decay systems and geochronology
Decay systems and geochronology II: U and Th
Geochronology III: other dating methods
Isotope cosmochemistry
Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of the mantle
Radiogenic isotope geochemistry of the continental crust and the oceans
Stable isotope geochemistry I: Theory
Stable isotope geochemistry II: High temperature applications
Stable isotope geochemistry III: Low temperature applications
Unconventional isotopes and approaches
Noble gas isotope geochemistry
Appendix: Mass spectrometry
Sample Extraction and Preparation
The Mass Spectrometer
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Strategies