Using Geochemical Data
To Understand Geological Processes

How best to interpret and apply geochemical data to understand geological processes, for graduate students, researchers, and professionals.

Hugh Rollinson (Author), Victoria Pease (Author)

9781108745840, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 May 2021

358 pages
24.5 x 18.9 x 2 cm, 0.69 kg

Praise for the first edition: '… a well-balanced, clearly written account of how to deal with geochemical data … Students, researchers, academic and industrial professional geologists will need to have this manual at their elbow when dealing with geochemical data.' Mineralogical Magazine

This textbook is a complete rewrite, and expansion of Hugh Rollinson's highly successful 1993 book Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation. Rollinson and Pease's new book covers the explosion in geochemical thinking over the past three decades, as new instruments and techniques have come online. It provides a comprehensive overview of how modern geochemical data are used in the understanding of geological and petrological processes. It covers major element, trace element, and radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. It explains the potential of many geochemical techniques, provides examples of their application, and emphasizes how to interpret the resulting data. Additional topics covered include the critical statistical analysis of geochemical data, current geochemical techniques, effective display of geochemical data, and the application of data in problem solving and identifying petrogenetic processes within a geological context. It will be invaluable for all graduate students, researchers, and professionals using geochemical techniques.

1. Geochemical data
2. Analysing geochemical data
3. Using major element data
4. Using trace element data
5. Using geochemical data to identify tectonic environments
6. Using radiogenic isotope data
7. Using stable isotope data
Appendices
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Geochemistry [RBGK], Petrology [RBGG], Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD], Data analysis: general [GPH]