Principles and applications of geochemistry : a comprehensive textbook for geology students / Gunter Faure

Revised edition of: Principles and applications of inorganic geochemistry. c1991

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

1. What is Geochemistry? -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. The Solar System -- 4. Chemical Differentiation of the Earth -- 5. The Electronic Structure of Atoms -- 6. The Periodic Table and Atomic Weights -- 7. Chemical Bonds, Ionic Radii, and Crystals -- 8. Ionic Substitution in Crystals -- 9. Acids and Bases -- 10. Salts and Their Ions -- 11. Thermodynamics -- 12. Mineral Stability Diagrams -- 13. Clay Minerals -- 14. Oxidation-Reduction Reactions -- 15. Rates of Geochemical Processes -- 16. Isotopic Geochronometers -- 17. Isotope Fractionation -- 18. Mixing and Dilution -- 19. Consequences of Chemical Weathering -- 20. Chemical Composition of Surface Water -- 21. Chemical Weathering of Mineral Deposits -- 22. Geochemical Cycles -- 23. Chemistry of the Atmosphere -- 24. Environmental Geochemistry: Disposal of Radioactive Waste -- 25. Effect of Environmental Lead on Human Health -- App. A. Compilations of Geochemical Data -- App. B. Standard Gibbs Free Energies [actual symbol not reproducible] and Standard Enthalpies of Formation [actual symbol not reproducible]