Studies geochronological

The majority of published °Pb reports address the utility of °Pb as a geochronological tool rather than as an element that is involved in complex biogeochemical cycles. Nonetheless, some of these studies do provide insight into the geochemical behavior of °Pb and °Po. Nearly all of the lead in the world s surface oceans is believed to be of anthropogenic origin—derived from combustion... 

Goodbred, S. L., Jr and Kuehl, S. A. (1998). Floodplain process in the Bengal Basin and the storage of Ganges-Brahmaputra River sediment an accretion study using Cs and Pb geochronology. Sediment. Geol. 121,239-258. 

Morse JW, Bender ML (1990) Partition coefficients in calcite Examination of factors irrflnencing the validity of experimental resnlts and their application to natural systems. Chem Geol 82 265-277 Mucci A, Morse JW (1990) The chemistry of low temperature abiotic calcites Experimental studies on coprecipitation, stability and fractionation. Rev Aquatic Sci 3 217-254 Musgrove ML, Barmer JL, Mack LE, Combs DM, James EW, Cheng H, Edwards RL (2001) Geochronology of late Pleistocene to Holocene speleothems from central Texas Implications for regional paleoclimate. Geol Soc Am Bull 113 1532-1543... 

Calcium also has isotopic variations stemming from the radioactive decay of " K to " Ca. These variations can be used for geochronology and may also be useful for studies of rock weathering, soil formation, magma genesis, diagenesis, and metamorphism. 

Examination of drill cores from 21 volcanic bodies provided kimberlite and host rock materials for two separate, but collaborative geochronological studies to understand the timing and distribution of kimberlite magmatism. 

Bevier, M.L Whalen, J.B. 1990a. U-Pb geochronology of Silurian granites, Miramichi terrane, New Brunswick. In Radiogenic Age and Isotopic Studies Report 3. Geological Survey of Canada Paper, 89-2, 93-100. 

Abstract strong commodity prices in the last few years have led to a remarkable renaissance of uranium exploration in Labrador, focused in a complex and geologically diverse region known as the Central Mineral Belt (CMB). Potentially economic epigenetic U deposits are mostly hosted by supracrustal rocks of Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic age, and are difficult to place in the traditional pantheon of uranium deposit types. Recent exploration work implies that structural controls are important in some examples, but the relationships between mineralization and deformation remain far from clear. Geochronological data imply at least three periods of uranium mineralization between 1900 and 1650 Ma. It seems likely that the Labrador CMB represents a region in which U (and other lithophile elements) were repeatedly and sequentially concentrated by hydrothermal processes. The current exploration boom lends impetus for systematic research studies that may ultimately lead to refined genetic models that may be applicable elsewhere. 

Instrumental developments (e.g., of sector field instruments with multiple ion collection, introduced in 1992, or the insertion of collision and reaction cells in order to reduce disturbing isobaric interferences), the progress in applications for ultratrace analysis, also in combination with on line hyphenated separation techniques (HPLC, CE), especially routine capability as well as decreasing price and user friendly maintenance mean that sales are increasing by 10 % every year. To improve the analytical performance of ICP mass spectrometers for precise isotope ratio measurements (e.g., for geochronology or for the study of fine isotope variation in nature) powerful instrumentation with high mass dispersion and multiple ion collector systems instead of single ion collection are commercially available on the analytical market. 

K is a radioactive nuclide with a half-life of t1/2 = 1.26 x 109 a, 11.2% of which decays to 40K by electron capture and 88.8 % to 40Ca. Both decays can be used for geochronological studies. 

Nuclear chemistry consists of a four-pronged endeavor made up of (a) studies of the chemical and physical properties of the heaviest elements where detection of radioactive decay is an essential part of the work, (b) studies of nuclear properties such as structure, reactions, and radioactive decay by people trained as chemists, (c) studies of macroscopic phenomena (such as geochronology or astrophysics) where nuclear processes are intimately involved, and (d) the application of measurement techniques based upon nuclear phenomena (such as nuclear medicine, activation analysis or radiotracers) to study scientific problems in a variety of fields. The principal activity or mainstream of nuclear chemistry involves those activities listed under part (b). 

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