http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
x, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
This book is an introduction and reference for users and innovators in geochronology. It provides modern perspectives on the current state-of-the art in most of the principal areas of geochronology and thermochronology, while recognizing that they are changing at a fast pace. It emphasizes fundamentals and systematics, historical perspective, analytical methods, data interpretation, and some applications chosen from the literature. This book complements existing coverage by expanding on those parts of isotope geochemistry that are concerned with dates and rates and insights into Earth and planetary science that come from temporal perspectives.
Foundations of radioisotopic dating -- Analytical methods -- Interpretational approaches : making sense of data -- Diffusion and thermochronologic interpretations -- Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Lu-Hf -- Re-Os and Pt-Os -- U-Th-Pb geochronology and thermochronology -- The K-Ar and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar systems -- Radiation-damage methods of geochronology -- The (U-Th)/He system -- Uranium-series geochronology -- Cosmogenic nuclides -- Extinct radionuclide chronology.
Peter W. Reiners, Richard W. Carlson, Paul R. Renne, Kari M. Cooper, Darryl E. Granger, Noah M. McLean, Blair Schoene.
Includes bibliographical references and index.