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.
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