Silicates geochemistry

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Murata, K. J. (1946). The significance of internal structure of gelatinizing silicate minerals. Contributions to Geochemistry, 1942-5. In Geological Survey Bulletin, No. 950, 25-33. 

Bryndzia, L.T., Scott, S.D. and Farr, J.E. (1983) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and mineral chemistry of siliceous ore and altered footwall rocks in the Uwamuki 2 and 4 deposits, Kosaka mine, Hokuroku district, Japan. Econ. GeoL Mon., 5, 507-522. 

Roy S, Gaillardet J, Allegre CJ (1999) Geochemistry of dissolved and suspended loads of the Seine River, France anthropogenic impact, carbonate and silicate weathering. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 63 1277-1292... 

An understanding of much of aqueous geochemistry requires an accurate description of the water-mineral interface. Water molecules in contact with> or close to, the silicate surface are in a different environment than molecules in bulk water, and it is generally agreed that these adsorbed water molecules have different properties than bulk water. Because this interfacial contact is so important, the adsorbed water has been extensively studied. Specifically, two major questions have been examined 1) how do the properties of surface adsorbed water differ from bulk water, and 2) to what distance is water perturbed by the silicate surface These are difficult questions to answer because the interfacial region normally is a very small portion of the water-mineral system. To increase the proportion of surface to bulk, the expanding clay minerals, with their large specific surface areas, have proved to be useful experimental materials. 

Hervig RL, Moore G (2003) Fractionation of boron (and lithium) between hydrous fluid and silicate melt diffusion, contamination, and orphaned experiments. EOS Trans, Am Geophys Union 84 F163 Hoefs J (1997) Stable Isotope Geochemistry, 4 ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin... 

The organization of this book follows the various states of aggregation of the earth s materials, in an order that reflects their relative importance in geology. Five chapters deal with the crystalline state. The first chapter is preparatory, the second and third are operative. The fourth summarizes some concepts of defect chemistry, the role of which in geochemistry is becoming more and more important as studies on kinetics and trace element applications advance. The fifth chapter is a (necessarily concise) state-of-the-art appraisal of the major silicate minerals. 

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