Isotopes
Principles and Applications
3. Edition November 2004
928 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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
Part I: Principles of Atomic Physics.
1. Nuclear Systematics.
2. Decay Modes of Radionuclides.
3. Radioactive Decay.
4. Geochronometry.
Part II: Radiogenic Isotope Geochronometers.
5. The Rb-Sr Method.
6. TheK-ArMethod.
7. The 40Ar*/ 39ArMethod.
8. TheK-CaMethod.
9. The Sm-Nd Method.
10. The U-Pb, Th-Pb, and Pb-Pb Methods.
11. The Common-Lead Method.
12. The Lu-Hf Method.
13. The Re-Os Method.
14. The La-Ce Method.
Part III: Geochemistry of Radiogenic Isotopes.
16. Mixing Theory.
17. Origin of Igneous Rocks.
18. Water and Sediment.
19. The Oceans.
Part IV: Short-Lived Radionuclides.
20. Uranium/Thorium-Series Disequilibria.
21. Helium and Tritium.
22. Radiation-Damage Methods.
23. Cosmogenic Radionuclides.
24. Extinct Radionuclides.
25. Thermonuclear Radionuclides.
Part V: Fractionation of Stable Isotopes.
26. Hydrogen and Oxygen.
27. Carbon.
28. Nitrogen.
29. Sulfur.
30. Boron and Other Elements.
Index.
International Geological Timescale (2002).
Geological Sciences at The Ohio State University.
TERESA M. MENSING is associate professor in the
Department of Geological Sciences at The Ohio State University at
Marion.
