Russell Harmon & Andrew Parker 
Frontiers in Geochemistry [EPUB ebook] 
Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth

This book is a contribution to the International Year of Planet
Earth arising from the 33rd International Geological Congress, held
in Oslo, Norway during August 2008. The first section of the book
considers aspects of geochemical processes which led to the
development of the solid Earth as it is today. The second portion
of the book shows how the rapidly-evolving analytical tools and
approaches presently used by geochemists may be used to solve
emerging environmental and other societal problems.

This unique collection of reviews, with contributions from
a range of internationally distinguished scientists, will be
invaluable reading for advanced students and others interested in
the central role geochemistry in the earth sciences.

Tabla de materias

Editors and Contributors.

Editors’ Preface (Andrew Parker and Russell S.
Harmon).

Introduction to Frontiers in Geochemistry: Contribution of
Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth (Stuart Ross
Taylor).

Part 1: Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the
Earth.

1. Geochemistry and Secular Geochemical Evolution of the Earth’s
Mantle and Lower Crust (Balz S. Kamber).

2. Crustal Evolution – A Mineral Archive Perspective
(C.J. Hawkesworth, A.I.S. Kemp, B. Dhuime and C.D.
Storey).

3. Discovering the History of Atmospheric Oxygen (Heinrich D.
Holland).

4. Geochemistry of the Oceanic Crust (Karsten M.
Haase).

5. Silicate Rock Weathering and the Global Carbon Cycle
(Sigurdur R. Gislason and Eric H. Oelkers).

6. Geochemistry of Secular Evolution of Groundwater (Tomas
Paces).

7. Stable Isotope Geochemistry: Some Perspectives (Jochen
Hoefs).

Part 2: Frontiers in Geochemistry.

8. Geochemistry of Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
(Yousif K. Kharaka and David R. Cole).

9. Microbial Geochemistry: At the Intersection of Disciplines
(Philip Bennett and Christopher Omelon).

10. Nanogeochemistry: Nanostructures and Their Reactivity in
Natural Systems (Yifeng Wang, Huizhen Gao and Huifang
Xu).

11. Urban Geochemistry (Morten Jartun and Rolf Tore
Ottesen).

12. Archaeological and Anthropological Applications of Isotopic
and Elemental Geochemistry (Henry P. Schwarcz).

Index.

Colour plates.

Sobre el autor

Russell Harmon is a Program Manager at the ARL Army Research
Office, where he manages the extramural basic research program in
terrestrial sciences which focuses on terrain properties and
characterization, terrestrial processes and dynamics, terrestrial
system analysis and modeling, and geospatial information science.
University and. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America
and National Speleological Society and Past President of the
International Association of Geo Chemistry.

Andrew Parker is an environmental geochemist, and was
formerly Head of the Postgraduate Research Institute for
Sedimentology, University of Reading, UK. He has supervised 60 Ph D
students from many countries, and is Fellow of the Royal Society of
Chemistry, the Geological Society, and the Mineralogical
Society.