Earth science and meteoritics
By: dedicated to F.G. Houtermans on his sixtieth birthday. Compiled by J. Geiss [and] E.D. Goldberg
Contributors: Goldberg, Edward D.
Publisher: North-Holland Pub. Co.; Interscience Publishers
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Isotope geology
Notes: Isotopic and chemical composition of some terrestrial natural gases, by G.J. Wasserburg, E. Mazor, R.E. Zartman.--Rare gases in the sun, in the atmosphere, and in meteorites, by P. Signer and H.E. Suess.--The half-life of ¹⁸⁷Re, by B. Hirt [and others]--Reversible and irreversible thermal effects on the theromoluminescence of limestone, by E.J. Zeller and L.B. Ronca.

Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: My early memories of Fritz Houtermans, by G. Gamow.; title: Early history of the earth, by W.M. Elsasser.; title: Radioactive heat production in ecolgite and some ultramafic rocks, by G.R. Tilton and G.W. Reed.; title: Some recent researches on lead isotope abundances, by R.D. Russell.; title: The concentration of common lead in sea water, by M. Tatsumoto and C.C. Patterson.; title: Rates of sediment accumulation in the Indian Ocean, by E.D. Goldberg and M. Koide.; title: The natural distribution of radiocarbon: mixing rates in the sea and residence times of carbon and water, by H. Craig.; title: On the investigations of geophysical processes using cosmic ray produced radioactivity, by D. Lal.; title: Neutrons in meteorites, by P. Eberhardt, J. Geiss and H. Lutz.; title: The tritium content of atmospheric hydrogen and atmospheric methane, by F. Begemann.; title: Tritium in rainwater, by H. v. Buttlar.; title: Cosmic ray produced Na²² and Al²⁶ activities in chondrites, by M.M. Biswas, C. Mayer-Böricke and W. Gentner.