Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists,
this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to
solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects
the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving
real-life problems is vital for learning. The book gives students a
thorough grasp of the basic principles of the subject, balancing
the traditional equilibrium perspective and the kinetic
viewpoint.
The first half of the book considers processes in which
temperature and pressure are nearly constant. After introductions
to the laws of thermodynamics, to fundamental equations for flow
and diffusion, and to solution chemistry, these principles are used
to investigate diagenesis, weathering, and natural waters. The
second half of the book applies thermodynamics and kinetics to
systems undergoing changes in temperature and pressure during
magmatism and metamorphism. This revised edition incorporates new
geochemical discoveries as examples of processes and pathways, with
new chapters on mineral structure and bonding and on organic matter
and biomarkers. Each chapter has worked problems, and the authors
assume that the student has had a year of college-level chemistry
and a year of calculus.
Praise for the first edition
"A truly modern geochemistry book.... Very well written and
quite enjoyable to read.... An excellent basic text for graduate
level instruction in geochemistry." -- "Journal of Geological
Education"
"An up-to-date, broadly conceived introduction to
geochemistry.... Given the recent flowering of geochemistry as an
interdisciplinary science, and given the extent to which it now
draws upon the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics to
understand earth and planetary processes, this timely and rigorous
book] is welcome indeed." -- "Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta"
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