This note covers the following
topics: Geochemical Fundamentals, Low Temperature Geochemistry: The hydrologic
cycle and sedimentary systems, High Temperature and Planetary Geochemistry.
This note looks at the oceans and is
an introduction to marine chemistry. The sub-topics of this lecture includes:
ocean dynamic topography, ocean temperature and salinity; oceanic circulation;
thermohaline circulation, carbon cycle, composition of sea water; variations of
sea water through time, hot vents and cold seeps, ferromanganese nodules, gas
hydrates, radiogenic isotopes in the oceans, U-disequilibrium dating and
sedimentation rates.
This book
brings together the knowledge from a variety of topics within the field of
geochemistry. The audience for this book consists of a multitude of scientists
such as physicists, geologists, technologists, petroleum engineers,
volcanologists, geochemists and government agencies. The topics represented
facilitate as establishing a starting point for new ideas and further
contributions.
This note describes the following topics:
Physics of the Nucleus and Radioactive Decay, Nucleosynthesis, Geochronology,
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry, Cosmogenic Isotopes in Geochronology, Fission
Track Dating, Isotope Cosmochemistry, Stable Isotope Geochemistry.