Mason B., Moore C.B. Principles Of Geochemistry

Wiley, 1982. — 348 p.The textbook presents an elementary introduction to students of the geosciences and related disciplines, fully covering the field of geochemistry, with thermodynamics as the key approach to understanding geochemical processes. Structure and composition of the universe, the solar system and the earth are explained, and the fundamentals of the geochemistry of the litosphere, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere are presented. The significant topic of isotope geochemistry is dealt with in a full chapter. The book concludes with a survey of the geochemical cycle and an excursion into environmental geochemistry.