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Geochemical thermodynamics
In thermodynamics, geochemical thermodynamics is the application of chemical thermodynamics to the study of geological systems, such as rocks, minerals, magmas, hydrothermal solutions, etc. [1] Synonyms include geothermodynamics and geological thermodynamics.
History
The first book on the application of thermodynamics in geology seems to be the 1964 Thermodynamicque de Base pour Mineralogistes, Petrographes et Geologues by Raymond Kern and Alain Weisbrod, which, according to its 1967 English translator American geochemist Robert Garrels, was “a book long overdue”. [2] Prior to this, according to Garrels, "one would have to search through a half-dozen texts on chemical thermodynamics to find how to treat in detail problems involving such topics as phase changes at elevated temperatures and pressures, the relation of chemical equilibrium to the earth’s gravitational field, or the effects of differences in pressure within a system".
References
1. Anderson, Greg, M. and Crerar, David A. (1993). Thermodynamics in Geochemistry - the Equilibrium Model. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. (a) Kern, Raymond and Weisbrod, Alain. (1967). Thermodynamics for Geologists (preface to English edition by Robert M. Garrels). San Francisco: Freeman, Cooper and Co.
(b) Robert Garrels - Wikipedia
Further reading
● Nordstrom, Darrell K. (1986). Geochemical Thermodynamics. Blackwell Science Inc.
● Anderson, Greg M. (1996). Thermodynamics of Natural Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
● Anderson, Greg M. (2005). Thermodynamics of Natural Systems (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
● Nordstrom, Darrell K., and Munoz, James L. (2006). Geochemical Thermodynamics (2nd ed). The Blackburn Press.
History
The first book on the application of thermodynamics in geology seems to be the 1964 Thermodynamicque de Base pour Mineralogistes, Petrographes et Geologues by Raymond Kern and Alain Weisbrod, which, according to its 1967 English translator American geochemist Robert Garrels, was “a book long overdue”. [2] Prior to this, according to Garrels, "one would have to search through a half-dozen texts on chemical thermodynamics to find how to treat in detail problems involving such topics as phase changes at elevated temperatures and pressures, the relation of chemical equilibrium to the earth’s gravitational field, or the effects of differences in pressure within a system".
References
1. Anderson, Greg, M. and Crerar, David A. (1993). Thermodynamics in Geochemistry - the Equilibrium Model. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. (a) Kern, Raymond and Weisbrod, Alain. (1967). Thermodynamics for Geologists (preface to English edition by Robert M. Garrels). San Francisco: Freeman, Cooper and Co.
(b) Robert Garrels - Wikipedia
Further reading
● Nordstrom, Darrell K. (1986). Geochemical Thermodynamics. Blackwell Science Inc.
● Anderson, Greg M. (1996). Thermodynamics of Natural Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
● Anderson, Greg M. (2005). Thermodynamics of Natural Systems (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
● Nordstrom, Darrell K., and Munoz, James L. (2006). Geochemical Thermodynamics (2nd ed). The Blackburn Press.
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