Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, InterpretationUsing Geochemical Data brings together in one volume a wide range of ideas and methods currently used in geochemistry, providing a foundation of knowledge from which the reader can interpret, evaluate and present geochemical data. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Geochemical data | 1 |
Chapter 2 Analysing geochemical data | 19 |
Chapter 3 Using major element data | 48 |
Chapter 4 Using trace element data | 102 |
Chapter 5 Discriminating between tectonic environments using geochemical data | 171 |
Chapter 6 Using radiogenic isotope data | 215 |
Chapter 7 Using stable isotope data | 266 |
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