Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale: 232 (Geophysical Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119227240 ISBN 13: 9781119227243

Publisher: American Geophysical Union, 2018

Synopsis

Microstructural Geochronology

Geochronology techniques enable the study of geological evolution and environmental change over time. This volume integrates two aspects of geochronology: one based on classical methods of orientation and spatial patterns, and the other on ratios of radioactive isotopes and their decay products.

The chapters illustrate how material science techniques are taking this field to the atomic scale, enabling us to image the chemical and structural record of mineral lattice growth and deformation, and sometimes the patterns of radioactive parent and daughter atoms themselves, to generate a microstructural geochronology from some of the most resilient materials in the solar system.

• First compilation of research focusing on the crystal structure, material properties, and chemical zoning of the geochronology mineral archive down to nanoscale
• Novel comparisons of mineral time archives from different rocky planets and asteroids and their shock metamorphic histories
• Fundamentals on how to reconstruct and date radiogenic isotope distributions using atom probe tomography

Microstructural Geochronology will be a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, and researchers in the fields of petrology, geochronology, mineralogy, geochemistry, planetary geology, astrobiology, chemistry, and material science. It will also appeal to philosophers and historians of science from other disciplines.

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About the Author

Desmond E. Moser, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Fernando Corfu, University of Oslo, Norway

James R. Darling, University of Portsmouth, UK

Steven M. Reddy, Curtin University, Australia

Kimberly Tait, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

From the Back Cover

Geochronology techniques enable the study of planetary evolution and environmental change over billions of years. This volume integrates two aspects of geochronology: one based on classical methods of orientation and spatial patterns, and the other on ratios of radioactive isotopes and their decay products.

The chapters illustrate how material science techniques are taking this field to the atomic scale, enabling us to image the chemical and structural record of mineral lattice growth and deformation, and sometimes the structures formed by radioactive parent and daughter atoms themselves, to generate a microstructural geochronology from some of the most resilient materials in the solar system.

Volume highlights include:

• First compilation of research focusing on the crystal structure, material properties, and chemical zoning of the geochronology mineral archive down to nanoscale
• Novel comparisons of mineral time archives from different rocky planets and asteroids and their shock metamorphic histories
• Fundamentals on how to reconstruct and date radiogenic isotope distributions using atom probe tomography

Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale will be a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, and researchers in the fields of petrology, geochronology, mineralogy, geochemistry, planetary geology, astrobiology, chemistry, and material science. It will also appeal to philosophers and historians of science, and scholars of other disciplines who are interested in natural records of 'deep time'.

From the Inside Flap

Geochronology techniques enable the study of planetary evolution and environmental change over billions of years. This volume integrates two aspects of geochronology: one based on classical methods of orientation and spatial patterns, and the other on ratios of radioactive isotopes and their decay products.

The chapters illustrate how material science techniques are taking this field to the atomic scale, enabling us to image the chemical and structural record of mineral lattice growth and deformation, and sometimes the structures formed by radioactive parent and daughter atoms themselves, to generate a microstructural geochronology from some of the most resilient materials in the solar system.

Volume highlights include:

• First compilation of research focusing on the crystal structure, material properties, and chemical zoning of the geochronology mineral archive down to nanoscale
• Novel comparisons of mineral time archives from different rocky planets and asteroids and their shock metamorphic histories
• Fundamentals on how to reconstruct and date radiogenic isotope distributions using atom probe tomography

Microstructural Geochronology: Planetary Records Down to Atom Scale will be a valuable resource for graduate students, academics, and researchers in the fields of petrology, geochronology, mineralogy, geochemistry, planetary geology, astrobiology, chemistry, and material science. It will also appeal to philosophers and historians of science, and scholars of other disciplines who are interested in natural records of 'deep time'.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119227240
• ISBN 13: 9781119227243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Moser Desmond E., Corfu Fernando, Darling James R., Reddy Steven M., Tait Kimberly