Isotopes: principles and applications.
- 3rd ed. /
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2005.
- xxvii, 897 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Principles of isotope geology. 2nd ed. c1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nuclear Systematics -- Decay Modes of Radionuclides -- Radioactive Decay -- Geochronometry -- The Rb-Sr Method -- The K-Ar Method -- The ⁴⁰Ar*/³⁹Ar Method -- The K-Ca Method -- The Sm-Nd Method -- The U-Pb, Th-Pb, and Pb-Pb Methods -- The Common-Lead Method -- The Lu-Hf Method -- The Re-Os Method -- The La-Ce Method -- The La-Ba Method -- Mixing Theory -- Origin of Igneous Rocks -- Water and Sediment -- The Oceans -- Uranium/Thorium-Series Disequilibria -- Helium and Tritium -- Radiation-Damage Methods -- Cosmogenic Radionuclides -- Extinct Radionuclides -- Thermonuclear Radionuclides -- Hydrogen and Oxygen -- Carbon -- Nitrogen -- Sulfur -- Boron and Other Elements.