Application of Isotope Systems to Geological Problems

Summary: Provides a broad introduction for a non-isotope geologist audience into modern methods of geochronology and isotope tracer studies. Provides examples of their application to solve complex problems in stratigraphy, petrology, ore petrogenesis, and tectonics. Includes: recent developments in dating ancient crustal fluid flow; modern applications of precise U-Pb geochronology; radiogenic isotopes in seawater and sedimen...tary systems; rhenium and osmium isotope systematics in meteorites, and much more. 129 papers. Illustrated. [read more]