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
Table of Contents :
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*/ 39Ar Method.
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-
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).
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