Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers

• 1. Introductory Chapter.- 2. Noble Gases in ice cores: Indicators of the Earth’s climate history.- 3. Ocean circulation traced by noble gases.-4. Groundwater circulation and palaeotemperatures by noble gas geochemistry.- 5. Noble gases as environmental tracers in porewater of lacustrine or oceanic sediments and in fluid inclusions of stalagmites.- 6. Extraterrestrial He in sediments: From recorder of asteroid collisions to timekeeper of global environmental changes.- 7. Application of noble gases to the viability of CO2 storage.- 8. Noble gases in oil and gas accumulations9. The analysis and interpretation of noble gases in modern hydrothermal systems.- 10. Inclusion trapped fluids: tracing ancient fluids using noble gases.-.11. Noble gases as tracers of of mantle processes and magmatic degassing.

From the reviews:Selected by Choice magazine as an "Outstanding Academic Title" for 2013“This edited work represents a valuable, unique contribution to the description, recovery, analysis, and application of the noble gases to earth science research. … The book is well illustrated and documented with extensive, up-to-date references. A valuable addition to the geologic literature and a must for researchers involved in the application of isotope chemistry to solving earth science problems. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (M. E. McCallum, Choice, Vol. 51 (4), December, 2013)