Chemical Fundamentals of Geology and Environmental Geoscience

Chemical Fundamentals of Geology and Environmental Geoscience
Author: Robin Gill
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0470656654

Chemical principles are fundamental to the Earth sciences, and geoscience students increasingly require a firm grasp of basic chemistry to succeed in their studies. The enlarged third edition of this highly regarded textbook introduces the student to such ‘geo-relevant’ chemistry, presented in the same lucid and accessible style as earlier editions, but the new edition has been strengthened in its coverage of environmental geoscience and incorporates a new chapter introducing isotope geochemistry. The book comprises three broad sections. The first (Chapters 1–4) deals with the basic physical chemistry of geological processes. The second (Chapters 5–8) introduces the wave-mechanical view of the atom and explains the various types of chemical bonding that give Earth materials their diverse and distinctive properties. The final chapters (9–11) survey the geologically relevant elements and isotopes, and explain their formation and their abundances in the cosmos and the Earth. The book concludes with an extensive glossary of terms; appendices cover basic maths, explain basic solution chemistry, and list the chemical elements and the symbols, units and constants used in the book.

Principles and Applications of Inorganic Geochemistry

Principles and Applications of Inorganic Geochemistry
Author: Gunter Faure
Publisher: Macmillan College
Total Pages: 626
Release: 1991
Genre: Geochemistry
ISBN: 9780023364419

This text attempts to enhance students' understanding of geological processes by showing them how to use chemical principles in solving geological problems. Emphasizing a quantitative approach to problem solving, this new text demonstrates how chemical principles control these processes in atomic and large-scale environments. In this way, students may see that the principles and applications of inorganic geochemistry are accessible, internally consistent, and useful for understanding the world around us. And as professional geologists, this understanding may help them to predict the outcome of chemical reactions occurring in geological processes and to realize the important role they play in characterizing our environment.

Principles and Applications of Geochemistry

Principles and Applications of Geochemistry
Author: Gunter Faure
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 632
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Intended as an introduction to Geochemistry for Geology majors in their senior year or first year of graduate work. Designed to show students how to use chemical principles in solving geological problems, this text emphasizes a quantitative approach to problem solving and demonstrates how chemical principles control geologic processes in atomic and large-scale environments.

Principles of Environmental Geochemistry

Principles of Environmental Geochemistry
Author: G. Nelson Eby
Publisher: Waveland Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2016-04-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1478633646

Many geochemists focus on natural systems with less emphasis on the human impact on those systems. Environmental chemists frequently approach their subject with less consideration of the historical record than geoscientists. The field of environmental geochemistry combines these approaches to address questions about the natural environment and anthropogenic effects on it. Eby provides students with a solid foundation in basic aqueous geochemistry before discussing the important role carbon compounds, isotopes, and minerals play in environmental issues. He then guides students through how these concepts apply to problems facing our atmosphere, continental lands, and oceans. Rather than broadly discussing a variety of environmental problems, the author focuses on principles throughout the text, leading students to understand processes and how knowledge of those processes can be applied to environmental problem solving. A wide variety of case studies and quantitative problems accompany each chapter, giving each instructor the flexibility to tailor the material to his/her course. Many problems have no single correct answer, illustrating the analytical nature of solving real-world environmental problems.

Introduction to Geochemistry

Introduction to Geochemistry
Author: Kula C. Misra
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2012-05-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1405121424

This book is intended to serve as a text for an introductory course in geochemistry for undergraduate/graduate students with at least an elementary–level background in earth sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. The text, containing 83 tables and 181 figures, covers a wide variety of topics — ranging from atomic structure to chemical and isotopic equilibria to modern biogeochemical cycles — which are divided into four interrelated parts: Crystal Chemistry; Chemical Reactions (and biochemical reactions involving bacteria); Isotope Geochemistry (radiogenic and stable isotopes); and The Earth Supersystem, which includes discussions pertinent to the evolution of the solid Earth, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere. In keeping with the modern trend in the field of geochemistry, the book emphasizes computational techniques by developing appropriate mathematical relations, solving a variety of problems to illustrate application of the mathematical relations, and leaving a set of questions at the end of each chapter to be solved by students. However, so as not to interrupt the flow of the text, involved chemical concepts and mathematical derivations are separated in the form of boxes. Supplementary materials are packaged into ten appendixes that include a standard–state (298.15 K, 1 bar) thermodynamic data table and a listing of answers to selected chapter–end questions. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/misra/geochemistry.

Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Author: Anthony Robert Philpotts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 669
Release: 2009-01-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521880068

A textbook providing a quantitative approach to the petrologic principles of igneous and metamorphic rocks in a new edition.

Principles of Geochemistry

Principles of Geochemistry
Author: Brian Harold Mason
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1958
Genre: Geochemistry
ISBN:

The earth in relation to the universe; The structure and composition of the earth; Some thermodynamics and crystal chemistry; Magmatism and igeneous rocks; Sedimentation and sedimentary rocks; The hudrosphere; The atmosphere; The biosphere; Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks; The geochemical cycle.