Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Overview
- 2 Minerals: An Introduction to the Nomenclature and Chemistry
- 3 A Brief Introduction to Petrology
- 4 A Résumé of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- 5 Condensation Sequences and the Geochemical Classification of the Elements
- 6 The Theory of the Bulk Composition of the Planets
- 7 Meteorites and the Standard Abundance Distribution (SAD)
- 8 An Introduction to Isotope Geology with an Emphasis on Meteorites
- 9 Some Concepts from Nuclear Physics
- 10 Energy Generation in Stars and Nucleosynthesis
- 11 Atomic and Molecular Spectra
- 12 The Analysis of Stellar Spectra
- 13 The Chemistry of Stars and Stellar Systems
- 14 Cold, Non-stellar Material in Galaxies
- 15 Emission-Line Regions and their Chemical Abundances
- 16 Abundances of the Elements in Galaxies
- Appendix
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Overview
- 2 Minerals: An Introduction to the Nomenclature and Chemistry
- 3 A Brief Introduction to Petrology
- 4 A Résumé of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- 5 Condensation Sequences and the Geochemical Classification of the Elements
- 6 The Theory of the Bulk Composition of the Planets
- 7 Meteorites and the Standard Abundance Distribution (SAD)
- 8 An Introduction to Isotope Geology with an Emphasis on Meteorites
- 9 Some Concepts from Nuclear Physics
- 10 Energy Generation in Stars and Nucleosynthesis
- 11 Atomic and Molecular Spectra
- 12 The Analysis of Stellar Spectra
- 13 The Chemistry of Stars and Stellar Systems
- 14 Cold, Non-stellar Material in Galaxies
- 15 Emission-Line Regions and their Chemical Abundances
- 16 Abundances of the Elements in Galaxies
- Appendix
- References
- Index
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- An Introduction to Cosmochemistry , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995