TY - BOOK AU - Faure,Gunter AU - Faure,Gunter TI - Principles and applications of geochemistry: a comprehensive textbook for geology students SN - 0023364505 AV - QE515 .F28 1998 PY - 1998///] CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Geochemistry N1 - 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] ER -