Description
WILEY INDIA Introduction To Geochemistry Principles And Applications by Kula C Misra
This book is intended to serve as a text for an introductory course in geochemistry for undergraduate / graduate students with at least an elementary–level background in earth sciences, chemistry and mathematics. The text, containing 83 tables and 181 figures, covers a wide variety of topics — ranging from atomic structure to chemical and isotopic equilibria to modern biogeochemical cycles — which are divided into four interrelated parts: Crystal Chemistry; Chemical Reactions (and biochemical reactions involving bacteria); Isotope Geochemistry (radiogenic and stable isotopes) and The Earth Supersystem, which includes discussions pertinent to the evolution of the solid Earth, the atmosphere and the hydrosphere.
About the Author
Kula C. Misra is a Professor of Geology (Emeritus) at the University of Tennessee where he has taught geochemistry
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
1 Introduction
Part I Crystal Chemistry
2 Atomic Structure
3 Chemical Bonding
Part II Chemical Reactions
4 Basic Thermodynamic Concepts
5 Thermodynamics of Solutions
6 Geothermometry and Geobarometry
7 Reactions Involving Aqueous Solutions
8 Oxidation--Reduction Reactions
9 Kinetics of Chemical Reactions
Part III Isotope Geochemistry
10 Radiogenic Isotopes
11 Stable Isotopes
Part IV The Earth Supersystem
12 The Core--Mantle--Crust System
13 The Crust--Hydrosphere--Atmosphere System
Appendix 1 Units of measurement and physical constants
Appendix 2 Electronic configurations of elements in ground state
Appendix 3 First ionization potential, electron affinity, electronegativity (Pauling scale), and coordination numbers of selected elements
Appendix 4 Thermodynamic symbols
Appendix 5 Standard state (298.15 K, 105 Pa) thermodynamic data for selected elements, ionic species and compounds
Appendix 6 Fugacities of H2O and CO2 in the range 0.5--10.0 kbar and 200--1000°C
Appendix 7 Equations for activity coefficients in multicomponent regular solid solutions
Appendix 8 Some commonly used computer codes for modeling of geochemical processes in aqueous solutions
Appendix 9 Solar system abundances of the elements in units of number of atoms per 106 silicon atoms
Appendix 10 Answers to selected chapter--end questions
References
Index