Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to the English edition
- Foreword to the French edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The properties of elements
- 2 Mass conservation – elemental and isotopic fractionation
- 3 Geochronology and radiogenic tracers
- 4 Element transport
- 5 Geochemical systems
- 6 Waters present and past
- 7 Mineral reactions
- 8 The solid Earth
- 9 The Earth in the Solar System
- 10 The geochemical behavior of selected elements
- Appendix A Composition of the major geological units
- Appendix B The mixing equation for ratios
- Appendix C A refresher on thermodynamics
- Appendix D The Rayleigh distillation equation
- Appendix E The geological time scale
- Appendix F An overview of analytical methods
- Appendix G Physical and geophysical constants
- Appendix H Some equations relative to residence time
- Further reading
- Index
Appendix A - Composition of the major geological units
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to the English edition
- Foreword to the French edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The properties of elements
- 2 Mass conservation – elemental and isotopic fractionation
- 3 Geochronology and radiogenic tracers
- 4 Element transport
- 5 Geochemical systems
- 6 Waters present and past
- 7 Mineral reactions
- 8 The solid Earth
- 9 The Earth in the Solar System
- 10 The geochemical behavior of selected elements
- Appendix A Composition of the major geological units
- Appendix B The mixing equation for ratios
- Appendix C A refresher on thermodynamics
- Appendix D The Rayleigh distillation equation
- Appendix E The geological time scale
- Appendix F An overview of analytical methods
- Appendix G Physical and geophysical constants
- Appendix H Some equations relative to residence time
- Further reading
- Index
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- GeochemistryAn Introduction, pp. 207 - 209Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003