A compendium of geochemistry
Subtitle: from solar nebula to the human brain
By: Yuan-Hui Li
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Geochemistry
Description: "Yuan-Hui Li's book offers professionals and students alike a guide to geochemistry, bringing together new information on topics ranging from nucleosynthesis to crystal chemistry, from the systematics of chemical variation in the earth's core to the composition of complex organics. The objective is to illustrate the physicochemical principles and various natural processes that can explain observed compositional changes in natural substances.

A general understanding of these principles and processes (including those pertaining to cosmology, geology, and biology) is essential, maintains the author, for deciphering and predicting transport pathways and final sinks of anthropogenic pollutants in our environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-464) and index