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Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes, Second Edition by Harry Y. McSween; Steven McAfee Richardson; Maria E. Uhle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving real-life problems is vital for learning. The book gives students a thorough grasp of the basic principles of the subject, balancing the traditional equilibrium perspective and the kinetic viewpoint. The first half of the book considers processes in which temperature and pressure are nearly constant. After introductions to the laws of thermodynamics, to fundamental equations for flow and diffusion, and to solution chemistry, these principles are used to investigate diagenesis, weathering, and natural waters. The second half of the book applies thermodynamics and kinetics to systems undergoing changes in temperature and pressure during magmatism and metamorphism. This revised edition incorporates new geochemical discoveries as examples of processes and pathways, with new chapters on mineral structure and bonding and on organic matter and biomarkers. Each chapter has worked problems, and the authors assume that the student has had a

Who reads Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes, Second Edition?

Author

Harry Y. McSween; Steven McAfee Richardson; Maria E. Uhle

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231509039

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Stem