Ebook: The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

The twelve chapters of this volume aim to provide a complete manual for using noble gases in terrestrial geochemistry, covering applications which range from high temperature processes deep in the Earth’s interior to tracing climatic variations using noble gases trapped in ice cores, groundwaters and modern sediments. Other chapters cover noble gases in crustal (aqueous, CO2 and hydrocarbon) fluids and laboratory techniques for determining noble gas solubilities and diffusivities under geologically relevant conditions. Each chapter deals with the fundamentals of the analysis and interpretation of the data, detailing sampling and sampling strategies, techniques for analysis, sources of error and their estimation, including data treatment and data interpretation using recent case studies.

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The twelve chapters of this volume aim to provide a complete manual for using noble gases in terrestrial geochemistry, covering applications which range from high temperature processes deep in the Earth’s interior to tracing climatic variations using noble gases trapped in ice cores, groundwaters and modern sediments. Other chapters cover noble gases in crustal (aqueous, CO2 and hydrocarbon) fluids and laboratory techniques for determining noble gas solubilities and diffusivities under geologically relevant conditions. Each chapter deals with the fundamentals of the analysis and interpretation of the data, detailing sampling and sampling strategies, techniques for analysis, sources of error and their estimation, including data treatment and data interpretation using recent case studies.

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The twelve chapters of this volume aim to provide a complete manual for using noble gases in terrestrial geochemistry, covering applications which range from high temperature processes deep in the Earth’s interior to tracing climatic variations using noble gases trapped in ice cores, groundwaters and modern sediments. Other chapters cover noble gases in crustal (aqueous, CO2 and hydrocarbon) fluids and laboratory techniques for determining noble gas solubilities and diffusivities under geologically relevant conditions. Each chapter deals with the fundamentals of the analysis and interpretation of the data, detailing sampling and sampling strategies, techniques for analysis, sources of error and their estimation, including data treatment and data interpretation using recent case studies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers: History and Background....Pages 1-15
Noble Gases in the Atmosphere....Pages 17-31
Noble Gases in Ice Cores: Indicators of the Earth’s Climate History....Pages 33-53
Noble Gases in Seawater as Tracers for Physical and Biogeochemical Ocean Processes....Pages 55-79
Noble Gas Thermometry in Groundwater Hydrology....Pages 81-122
Noble Gases as Environmental Tracers in Sediment Porewaters and Stalagmite Fluid Inclusions....Pages 123-153
Extraterrestrial He in Sediments: From Recorder of Asteroid Collisions to Timekeeper of Global Environmental Changes....Pages 155-176
Application of Noble Gases to the Viability of CO2 Storage....Pages 177-223
Noble Gases in Oil and Gas Accumulations....Pages 225-247
The Analysis and Interpretation of Noble Gases in Modern Hydrothermal Systems....Pages 249-317
Noble Gases and Halogens in Fluid Inclusions: A Journey Through the Earth’s Crust....Pages 319-369
Noble Gases as Tracers of Mantle Processes and Magmatic Degassing....Pages 371-391

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The twelve chapters of this volume aim to provide a complete manual for using noble gases in terrestrial geochemistry, covering applications which range from high temperature processes deep in the Earth’s interior to tracing climatic variations using noble gases trapped in ice cores, groundwaters and modern sediments. Other chapters cover noble gases in crustal (aqueous, CO2 and hydrocarbon) fluids and laboratory techniques for determining noble gas solubilities and diffusivities under geologically relevant conditions. Each chapter deals with the fundamentals of the analysis and interpretation of the data, detailing sampling and sampling strategies, techniques for analysis, sources of error and their estimation, including data treatment and data interpretation using recent case studies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers: History and Background....Pages 1-15
Noble Gases in the Atmosphere....Pages 17-31
Noble Gases in Ice Cores: Indicators of the Earth’s Climate History....Pages 33-53
Noble Gases in Seawater as Tracers for Physical and Biogeochemical Ocean Processes....Pages 55-79
Noble Gas Thermometry in Groundwater Hydrology....Pages 81-122
Noble Gases as Environmental Tracers in Sediment Porewaters and Stalagmite Fluid Inclusions....Pages 123-153
Extraterrestrial He in Sediments: From Recorder of Asteroid Collisions to Timekeeper of Global Environmental Changes....Pages 155-176
Application of Noble Gases to the Viability of CO2 Storage....Pages 177-223
Noble Gases in Oil and Gas Accumulations....Pages 225-247
The Analysis and Interpretation of Noble Gases in Modern Hydrothermal Systems....Pages 249-317
Noble Gases and Halogens in Fluid Inclusions: A Journey Through the Earth’s Crust....Pages 319-369
Noble Gases as Tracers of Mantle Processes and Magmatic Degassing....Pages 371-391
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