TY  - BOOK
AU  - Faure,Gunter
TI  - Principles and applications of geochemistry: a comprehensive textbook for geology students                                                                                                               
SN  - 0023364505
AV  - QE515 FAU 
PY  - 1991///
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Prentice-Hall
KW  - Geochemistry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. PLANET EARTH IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM; 1. What Is Geochemistry?; 2. In the Beginning; 3. The Solar System; 4. Chemical Differentiation of the Earth: II. PRINCIPLES OF INORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; 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: III. AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY AND THE STABILITY OF MINERALS; 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 Geothermal Processes: IV. ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY AND MIXING; 16. Isotopic Geochronometers; 17. Isotope Fractionation; 18. Mixing and Dilution: V. APPLICATIONS OF GEOCHEMISTRY TO THE SOLUTION OF GLOBAL PROBLEMS; 19. Consequences of Chemical weathering;
20. The 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: Appendix 1. Useful Data Tables: Appendix 2. Standard Gibbs Free Energies (G f0) and Standard Enthalpies of Formation (H f0)
N2  - Designed to show students how to use chemical principles in solving geological problems, this text emphasizes a quantitative approach to problem solving and demonstrates how chemical principles control geologic processes in atomic and large-scale environments
ER  -