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By Kula C. Misra

This e-book is meant to function a textual content for an introductory direction in geochemistry for undergraduate/graduate scholars with not less than an elementary–level history in earth sciences, chemistry, and mathematics.  The textual content, containing eighty three tables and 181 figures, covers a large choice of themes — starting from atomic constitution to chemical and isotopic equilibria to fashionable biogeochemical cycles — that are divided into 4 interrelated components: Crystal Chemistry; Chemical Reactions (and biochemical reactions regarding bacteria); Isotope Geochemistry (radiogenic and sturdy isotopes); and The Earth Supersystem, including discussions pertinent to the evolution of the cast Earth, the ambience, and the hydrosphere.

In conserving with the trendy pattern within the box of geochemistry, the ebook emphasizes computational recommendations by way of constructing applicable mathematical relatives, fixing a number of difficulties to demonstrate program of the mathematical family, and leaving a collection of questions on the finish of every bankruptcy to be solved through students.  notwithstanding, in order to not interrupt the circulation of the textual content, concerned chemical techniques and mathematical derivations are separated within the type of boxes.  Supplementary fabrics are packaged into ten appendixes that come with a standard–state (298.15 ok, 1 bar) thermodynamic information desk and an inventory of solutions to chose chapter–end questions.

Additional assets for this e-book are available at: www.wiley.com/go/misra/geochemistry.

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