Isotopes: Principles and Applications, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-471-38437-3
Hardcover
928 pages
October 2004
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Covering radiogenic, radioactive, and stable isotopes, this
comprehensive text contains five sections that present fundamentals
of atomic physics; dating methods for terrestrial and
extraterrestrial rocks by means of radiogenic isotopes;
geochemistry of radiogenic isotopes; dating by means of U,
Th-series and cosmogenic radionuclides; and the fractionation of
the stable isotopes of H, C, N, O, and S, as well as Li, B, Si, and
Cl. Additionally, this edition provides:
- Expanded coverage of the U-Pb methods –the most accurate available dating technique
- Applications to the petrogenesis of igneous rocks
- Summaries of the use of isotopic data for study of the oceans
- New examples from the fields of archeology and anthropology
- Radiation-damage methods of dating including fission tracks, thermoluminescence, and electron spin resonance (ESR)
- Information on the dispersal of fission-product radionuclides and the disposal of radioactive waste
- Extensive chapter-by-chapter problems and solutions