Noble Gas Geochemistry

1. Introduction; 2. Physical chemistry; 3. Cosmochemistry; 4. Waters; 5. Crust; 6. The Mantle; 7. Noble gases in the Earth; References; Index.

' ... likely to remain a highly relevant introductory text for years to come ... lucid and easy style of presentation: there is a great deal of useful, accessible reference data ... invaluable to geochemists and will find wide use as an introduction to the subject for a range of non-specialists at both the undergraduate and graduate level.' R. K. O'Nions, Nature 'The book led to my discovery or rediscovery of many interesting facts about the geochemistry of the rare gases and strongly tempts me to teach a graduate seminar on the subject.' John T. Wasson, American Scientist '... an excellent book, both as an introduction to its subject, and as a review of research in the field. ... Anyone interested in the development of the earth and its atmosphere will find this an interesting overview.' William R. Green, Geophysics '... certainly recommended to anyone involved in, or who feels that they ought to be involved in, noble gas studies ...' Geological Magazine '... Ozima and Podosek are to be commended for bringing together the rather disparate aspects of noble gas research in a successful fashion. They have produced a clear text amply illustrated with diagrams and tables. The informal and lucid style of writing has led to an easily read text ... suitable as a textbook for a graduate course ... heartily recommended to students and professional geoscientists.' Kenneth A. Foland, Chemical Geology