Download or read book Stable Oxygen Hydrogen and Carbon Isotope Fractionation of Gases and Minerals in Geology written by Mark Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stable Isotope Geochemistry written by J. Hoefs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stable Isotope Geochemistry written by Jochen Hoefs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stable Isotope Geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the fields of geoscience. It is subdivided into three parts: - theoretical and experimental principles; - fractionation mechanisms of light elements; - the natural variations of geologically important reservoirs. In this updated 4th edition many of the chapters have been expanded, especially those on techniques and environmental aspects. The main focus is on recent results and new developments. For students and scientists alike the book will be a primary reference with regard to how and where stable isotopes can be used to solve geological problems.
Download or read book Stable Isotopes in High Temperature Geological Processes written by John W. Valley and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 16 of Reviews in Mineralogy inroduces to high-temperature stable isotope geochemistry and should provide an entry into the pertinent literature, as well as some understanding of the basic concepts and potential applications. The first three chapters focus on the theory and experimental data base for equilibrium, disequilibrium, and kinetics of stable isotope exchange reactions among geologically important minerals and fluids. The fourth chapter discusses the primordial oxygen isotope variations in the solar system prior to formation of the Earth, along with a discussion of isotopic anomalies in meteorites. The fifth chapter discusses isotopic variations in the Earth's mantle and the sixth chapter reviews the variations in the isotopic compositions of natural waters on our planet. In Chapters 7, 8, 9 and 10, these isotopic constraints and concepts are applied to various facets of the origin and evolution of igneous rocks, bringing in much material on radiogenic isotopes as well, because these problems require a multi-dimensional attack for their solution. In Chapters 11 and 12, the problems of hydrothermal alteration by meteoric waters and ocean water are considered, together with discussions of the physics and chemistry of hydrothermal systems and the 18O/16O history of ocean water. Finally, in Chapters 13 and 14, these concepts are applied to problems of metamorphic petrology and ore deposits, particularly with respect to the origins of the fluids involved in those processes.
Download or read book Stable Isotope Geochemistry written by John W. Valley and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 43 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry follows the 1986 Reviews in Mineralogy (Vol. 16) in approach but reflects significant changes in the field of Stable Isotope Geochemistry. In terms of new technology, new sub-disciplines, and numbers of researchers, the field has changed more in the past decade than in any other since that of its birth. Unlike the 1986 volume, which was restricted to high temperature fields, this book covers a wider range of disciplines. However, it would not be possible to fit a comprehensive review into a single volume. Our goal is to provide state-of-the-art reviews in chosen subjects that have emerged or advanced greatly since 1986. This volume was prepared for Short Course on Stable Isotope Geochemistry presented November 2-4, 2001 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Geological Society of America in Boston, Massachusetts.
Download or read book Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in Hydrous Minerals as Indicators of Fluid Source in Modern and Fossil Metasomatic Environments written by Emily Catherine Pope and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2011 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxygen and hydrogen isotope properties of hydrous silicate minerals formed by weathering, hydrothermal, metamorphic and igneous processes provide a record of fluid-rock interaction. We utilize this isotopic record to 1) determine the source of geothermal fluids in two active geothermal systems in Iceland, and to evaluate the consequences of fluid-rock interaction on host rock, fluid and magma chemistry, and 2) to better characterize Earth's surface environments during the early Archaean. Geothermal systems within the active volcanic zone of Iceland provide a unique natural laboratory for studying fluid-rock interaction in magma-hydrothermal systems where the Mid-Atlantic ridge emerges onto land. The fluids of the Reykjanes geothermal system in southwest Iceland are derived from hydrothermally modified seawater. The anomalously low hydrogen isotope composition of these fluids is not due to mixing with local meteoric fluids, as previously supposed, but to diffusional exchange with relict hydrous alteration minerals, such as epidote, which retain an isotopic signature of glacially derived Ice Age fluids that existed early in the evolution of the geothermal system. In contrast, the meteoric-water dominated Krafla geothermal system, in northeast Iceland, displays wide isotopic heterogeneities in modern geothermal fluids and hydrothermal epidote that reflects a complex fluid evolution involving boiling, condensation and contamination by magmatic volatiles. A silicic melt that intruded the Iceland Deep Drilling Project drillhole IDDP-1 within the Krafla geothermal system appears to be largely derived from partial melting of hydrothermal alteration minerals, given the almost identical hydrogen isotope composition of glass sampled from drill cuttings and hydrothermal epidote. The oxygen isotope values of the rhyolite glass show the characteristically low-[lowercase Delta]18O values typical of Icelandic lavas, and result from mixing of a dominant mantle-derived basalt source and a lesser contribution of lighter oxygen from the incongruent melting of hydrothermally altered basalts within the Krafla caldera. The oxygen and hydrogen isotope characteristics of metamorphic fluids recorded in alteration minerals have applications to fossil metasomatic systems as well as modern ones. Serpentinites from the [greater than or equal to] 3.8 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt (ISB) of West Greenland locally preserve isotope characteristics of their original formation by seawater alteration of ocean crust and suggest that the early Archaean oceans had oxygen isotopes comparable to modern day seawater, but a hydrogen isotope composition that is lower than modern seawater by 25 ± 5%. The hydrogen isotopes of Archaean oceans places mass balance constraints on the extent of hydrogen escape before the rise of atmospheric oxygen ~2.5 Ga, and by extension the maximum atmospheric methane levels during the early Archaean. The oxygen isotope composition predicted by these serpentinites suggests that the ocean was isotopically buffered by hydrothermal interaction with ocean crust by 3.8 Ga. Finally, chromian muscovite-quartz-carbonate veins in the ISB have oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope, elemental and mineralogical characteristics that are genetically similar to orogenic gold deposits in the fore-arc regions of Phanerozoic accretionary margins. We show that in both modern orogens and in the supracrustal sequence at Isua, these veins are the result of seawater-derived fluids liberated from subducting lithosphere interacting with ultramafic rocks in the mantle wedge and lower crust, before migrating up crustal-scale vertical fracture zones. The presence of these veins in the ISB and other Archaean-age deposits indicates that plate tectonic processes comparable to modern-day subduction existed as early as 3.8 Ga.
Download or read book Principles of Stable Isotope Geochemistry written by Zachary Sharp and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first dedicated book to cover the basics of a wide range of stable isotope applications in a manner appropriate for someone entering the field. At the same time, it offers sufficient detail - and numerous references and examples - to direct research for further inquiry. Discusses diverse topics such as hydrology, carbon in plants, meteorites, carbonates, metamorphic rocks, etc. Explores the theory and principles of isotope fractionation. Offers unique, up-to-date discussion of meteorite (extraterrestrial) isotope data. Presents the subject in an interesting historical context, with the classic papers noted. A useful reference for students taking the course and professionals entering the field of Geochemistry.
Download or read book The Uses of Stable Isotopes in Mineral Exploration written by Pier Anne de Groot and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Principles of Stable Isotope Distribution written by Robert E. Criss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a quantitative treatment of the theory and natural variations of light stable isotopes. It discusses isotope distribution in the context of fractionation processes, thermodynamics, mass conservation, exchange kinetics, and diffusion theory, and includes more than 100 original equations. The theoretical principles are illustrated with natural examples that emphasize oxygen and hydrogen isotope variations in natural waters, terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks, and hydrothermal systems. New data on meteoric precipitation, rivers, springs, formation fluids, and hydrothermal systems are included in relation to various natural phenomena. Essentially, this book seeks to reconnect the diverse phenomenological observations of isotope distribution to the quantitative theories of physical chemistry and the language of differential equations. It may serve as a textbook for advanced students, as a research reference, or as a quick source of information. The book is organized into five chapters, each followed by suggested quantitative problems and a short reference list. The three theoretical chapters progress from an elementary review of the physical chemistry of stable isotopes, to the thermodynamics of isotopic compounds, and finally to the calculation of isotope distribution in dynamic systems. The third and fifth chapters emphasize oxygen and hydrogen isotope variations in Earth's hydrosphere and lithosphere, constituting the most important examples of the theoretical principles. Appendices provide data on atomic weights of light elements, physical constants, mathematical relationships, and isotopic fractionation factors.
Download or read book Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Ratios in Sedimentary Rocks and Minerals written by Samuel Marvin Savin and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carbon Isotopes in Oil gas Geology written by Ėrik Mikhaĭlovich Galimov and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Fractionation in Hydrous Minerals as Indicators of Fluid Source in Modern and Fossil Metasomatic Environments written by Emily Catherine Pope and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxygen and hydrogen isotope properties of hydrous silicate minerals formed by weathering, hydrothermal, metamorphic and igneous processes provide a record of fluid-rock interaction. We utilize this isotopic record to 1) determine the source of geothermal fluids in two active geothermal systems in Iceland, and to evaluate the consequences of fluid-rock interaction on host rock, fluid and magma chemistry, and 2) to better characterize Earth's surface environments during the early Archaean. Geothermal systems within the active volcanic zone of Iceland provide a unique natural laboratory for studying fluid-rock interaction in magma-hydrothermal systems where the Mid-Atlantic ridge emerges onto land. The fluids of the Reykjanes geothermal system in southwest Iceland are derived from hydrothermally modified seawater. The anomalously low hydrogen isotope composition of these fluids is not due to mixing with local meteoric fluids, as previously supposed, but to diffusional exchange with relict hydrous alteration minerals, such as epidote, which retain an isotopic signature of glacially derived Ice Age fluids that existed early in the evolution of the geothermal system. In contrast, the meteoric-water dominated Krafla geothermal system, in northeast Iceland, displays wide isotopic heterogeneities in modern geothermal fluids and hydrothermal epidote that reflects a complex fluid evolution involving boiling, condensation and contamination by magmatic volatiles. A silicic melt that intruded the Iceland Deep Drilling Project drillhole IDDP-1 within the Krafla geothermal system appears to be largely derived from partial melting of hydrothermal alteration minerals, given the almost identical hydrogen isotope composition of glass sampled from drill cuttings and hydrothermal epidote. The oxygen isotope values of the rhyolite glass show the characteristically low-[lowercase Delta]18O values typical of Icelandic lavas, and result from mixing of a dominant mantle-derived basalt source and a lesser contribution of lighter oxygen from the incongruent melting of hydrothermally altered basalts within the Krafla caldera. The oxygen and hydrogen isotope characteristics of metamorphic fluids recorded in alteration minerals have applications to fossil metasomatic systems as well as modern ones. Serpentinites from the [greater than or equal to] 3.8 Ga Isua Supracrustal Belt (ISB) of West Greenland locally preserve isotope characteristics of their original formation by seawater alteration of ocean crust and suggest that the early Archaean oceans had oxygen isotopes comparable to modern day seawater, but a hydrogen isotope composition that is lower than modern seawater by 25 ± 5%. The hydrogen isotopes of Archaean oceans places mass balance constraints on the extent of hydrogen escape before the rise of atmospheric oxygen ~2.5 Ga, and by extension the maximum atmospheric methane levels during the early Archaean. The oxygen isotope composition predicted by these serpentinites suggests that the ocean was isotopically buffered by hydrothermal interaction with ocean crust by 3.8 Ga. Finally, chromian muscovite-quartz-carbonate veins in the ISB have oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope, elemental and mineralogical characteristics that are genetically similar to orogenic gold deposits in the fore-arc regions of Phanerozoic accretionary margins. We show that in both modern orogens and in the supracrustal sequence at Isua, these veins are the result of seawater-derived fluids liberated from subducting lithosphere interacting with ultramafic rocks in the mantle wedge and lower crust, before migrating up crustal-scale vertical fracture zones. The presence of these veins in the ISB and other Archaean-age deposits indicates that plate tectonic processes comparable to modern-day subduction existed as early as 3.8 Ga.
Download or read book Data of Geochemistry written by Etats-Unis. Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Review of world literature on analysis of fluid inclusions, applicability and limitations of the methods used, published and unpublished data obtained, and their geological signigicance".
Download or read book Isotopes in the Earth Sciences written by H.-G. Attendorn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1988-07-31 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.' ALBERT EINSTEIN, 1950 The tremendous progress of recent years in the field of isotopes in the earth sciences has proved invaluable in attempting to solve a varied spectrum of geological and geochemical problems. The lunar exploration programmes provided rocks for analysis, stimulating refinements in mass spectrometry which were later used for terrestrial samples too. Among significant advances was the development of electrostatic tandem accelerator mass spectrometers allowing the precise measure ment of abundances of cosmic radionuclides. Also, new geochronometers were devised, for instance those dependent upon the radioactive decay of samarium-I47 to neodymium-I43, lutetium-176 to hafnium-176, rhenium-I87 to osmium-I87 and potassium-40 to calcium40, these supplementing prior dating methods. Their impact as regards the origin of igneous rocks was considerable. Isotopic compositions of neodymium, strontium, lead and hafnium in these rocks showed that magmas from the mantle are often crustally contaminated. In addition, isotopic compositions of carbon, oxygen and sulphur aided the elucidation of aspects of petrogenesis. These and many other facets of the subject are discussed in this book.
Download or read book Using Geochemical Data written by Hugh Rollinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is a complete rewrite, and expansion of Hugh Rollinson's highly successful 1993 book Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation. Rollinson and Pease's new book covers the explosion in geochemical thinking over the past three decades, as new instruments and techniques have come online. It provides a comprehensive overview of how modern geochemical data are used in the understanding of geological and petrological processes. It covers major element, trace element, and radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. It explains the potential of many geochemical techniques, provides examples of their application, and emphasizes how to interpret the resulting data. Additional topics covered include the critical statistical analysis of geochemical data, current geochemical techniques, effective display of geochemical data, and the application of data in problem solving and identifying petrogenetic processes within a geological context. It will be invaluable for all graduate students, researchers, and professionals using geochemical techniques.
Download or read book Non Traditional Stable Isotopes written by Fang-Zhen Teng and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICPMS) makes it possible to precisely measure non-traditional stable isotopes. This volume reviews the current status of non-traditional isotope geochemistry from analytical, theoretical, and experimental approaches to analysis of natural samples. In particular, important applications to cosmochemistry, high-temperature geochemistry, low-temperature geochemistry, and geobiology are discussed. This volume provides the most comprehensive review on non-traditional isotope geochemistry for students and researchers who are interested in both the theory and applications of non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry.
Download or read book Compilation of Minimum and Maximum Isotope Ratios of Selected Elements in Naturally Occurring Terrestrial Materials and Reagents written by Tyler B. Coplen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documented variations in the isotopic compositions of some chemical elements are responsible for expanded uncertainties in the standard atomic weights published by the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. This report summarizes reported variations in the isotopic compositions of 20 elements that are due to physical and chemical fractionation processes (not due to radioactive decay) and their effects on the standard atomic weight uncertainties. For 11 of those elements (hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, chlorine, copper, and selenium), standard atomic weight uncertainties have been assigned values that are substantially larger than analytical uncertainties because of common isotope abundance variations in materials of natural terrestrial origin. For 2 elements (chromium and thallium), recently reported isotope abundance variations potentially are large enough to result in future expansion of their atomic weight uncertainties. For 7 elements (magnesium, calcium, iron, zinc, molybdenum, palladium, and tellurium), documented isotope-abundance variations in materials of natural terrestrial origin are too small to have a significant effect on their standard atomic weight uncertainties.
