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PART I:
COSMOCHEMISTRY. PROCESSES OF NUCLEOSYNTHESIS AND STABILITY OF THE ELEMENTS. ABUNDANCE OF ELEMENTS IN THE EARTH AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN THE GEOCHEMICAL SPHERE. THE GEOCHEMICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTS: MAJOR, MINOR, IN TRACES. BEHAVIOR OF THE ELEMENTS DURING MAGMATIC PROCESSES: PARTITION COEFFICIENT, COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS. GEOCHEMICAL MODELING OF PARTIAL MELTING AND FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES. INTRODUCTION TO RADIOMETRIC GEOCHRONOLOGY: ACCUMULATION CLOCK, DECAY CLOCK, DISEQUILIBRIUM. CHRONOLOGICAL METHODS OF K/AR, C-14 AND RB/SR. INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOCHEMISTRY OF STABLE ISOTOPES.
PART II:
BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING SUPERGENIC PROCESSES. WEATHERING PROCESSES AND ROLE OF WATER. FACTORS CONTROLLING THE GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTS DURING TRANSPORT AND SEDIMENTATION: ION POTENTIAL, PH, EH. ABSORPTION PROCESSES. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE HYDROSPHERE: CONTINENTAL WATERS (SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND). WATER/ROCK INTERACTION. MINERAL WATERS AND THEIR USE. OUTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RADON PROBLEM. MEASUREMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY THROUGH GAMMA SPECTROMETRY.

- GEOCHEMISTRY - W.M. WHITE (2013) WILEY