Geochemistry

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The fieldgeochemistry involves study ofchemical composition ofEarthother planets, chemical processesreactions that governcompositionrocksssoils, andcyclesmatterenergy that transportEarth's chemical componentstimespace.

The most important fieldsgeochemistry are:

1. Determination ofrelativeabsolute concentrations ofelementstheir isotopes inearthon earth´s surface.
2. Examination ofdistributionmovementselementsdifferent parts ofearth (crust, mantle, hydrosphere etc.)in minerals withgoaldetermineunderlying legalitiesdistributionmovement.
3. Analysis ofdistributionelementstheir isotopes incosmos (cosmochemistry).

See also: Petrology

Further reading

• Gunter Faure: PrinciplesIsotope Geochemistry., ISBN 0471864129
• Cl.J. Allègre, G. Michard, R.N. Varney, IntroductionGeochemistry, ISBN 90-277-0497-X,