Introduction to Geochemical Modeling

An introduction to quantitative geochemical modeling for the researcher and advanced student.

Francis Albarède (Author)

9780521578042, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 April 1996

564 pages, 132 b/w illus. 99 tables
24.6 x 17.4 x 3 cm, 0.957 kg

'There is no existing book quite like this: it should be compulsory reading for advanced students, and researchers of geochemistry … The price offers excellent value for money, for a book that will find itself in use for years to come.' David Pyle, Geological Magazine

Modern geochemistry aims to provide an accurate description of geological processes, and a set of models and quantitative rules that help predict the evolution of geological systems. This work is an introduction to the mathematical methods of geochemical modeling, largely based on examples presented with full solutions. It shows how geochemical problems, dealing with mass balance, equilibrium, fractionation, dynamics, and transport in the igneous, sedimentary and oceanic environments, can be reformulated in terms of equations. Its practical approach then leads to simple but efficient methods of solution. This book should help the motivated reader to overcome the formal difficulties of geochemical modeling, and bring state-of-the-art methods within reach of advanced students in geochemistry and geophysics, as well as in physics and chemistry.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Mass balance, mixing and fractionation
2. Linear algebra
3. Useful numerical analysis
4. Probability and statistics
5. Inverse methods
6. Modeling chemical equilibrium
7. Dynamic systems
8. Transport, advection and diffusion
9. Trace elements in magmatic processes
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Geochemistry [RBGK]