Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of Sedimentary and Aquatic Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction and basic principles of isotope geochemistry

   Pages 1-10

3. Weathering

   Pages 11-31

4. Isotope geochemistry of river water

   Pages 33-45

5. Isotope geochemistry in the environment

   Pages 47-88

6. Isotopic composition of seawater past and present (Sr, Nd, Pb, Os, Ce)

   Pages 89-153

7. Isotope geochemistry of detrital and authigenic clay minerals in marine sediments (Rb−Sr, K−Ar, O)

   Pages 155-184

8. The Sm−Nd isotope system in detrital and authigenic argillaceous sediments

   Pages 185-211

9. Back Matter

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This book takes the reader through the complete weathering cycle, from the continents to the oceans, from the perspective of modern radiogenic isotope geochemistry. Topics include surface weathering, fluvial processes, environmental pollution, oceanography and paleoceanography, sedimentary mineral diagenesis and radiometric dating, thus bridging the gap between processes acting on the Earth today and the geological record. Extensive use is made of carefully selected case studies, both pioneering and state-of-the-art. This book enables the reader to critically assess previous work from the literature as well as encouraging already established researchers to apply the most modern isotopic approaches to their particular field of study.

• environmental pollution
• fluvial processes
• geochemistry
• oceanography
• paleoceanography
• surface environment
• hydrogeology

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