Isotope Tracer Studies of Diffusion in Silicates and of Geological Transport Processes Using Actinide Elements

• Main Author: Wasserburg, G. J.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: California Institute of Technology 1992
• Subjects: Uranium Isotopes; Europe; Elements; Self-Diffusion; Iceland; Basalt; Progress Report; Document Types; Seawater; Melting; Rock-Fluid Interactions; Minerals; Isotope Dating; Thorium Isotopes; Isotopes; Diffusion; Spectrometers; Isotope Ratio; Measuring Instruments; Osmium Isotopes; Water 540211* > Environment; Terrestrial > Basic Studies > Radiometric Techniques > (1990-); Rocks; 58 Geosciences; Age Estimation; 580000 > Geosciences; Magnesium; Spectroscopy; Chemistry; Spinels; Metals; Islands; Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy; Mass Spectrometers; Mass Spectroscopy; Actinide Isotopes; Volcanic Rocks; Developing Countries; Isotope Applications; Alkaline Earth Metals; Oxygen Compounds; Tracer Techniques; Igneous Rocks; Lava; Hydrogen Compounds; Geochemistry; Oxide Minerals; 54 Environmental Sciences; Titanium Isotopes; Silicate Minerals; Phase Transformations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6822495; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1195084/

The following are reported: high abundance sensitivity mass spectrometer for U-Th studies; [sup 238]U-[sup 230]Th disequilibrium in recent lavas from Iceland; water-rock interaction from U-Th studies; resonance ionization mass spectrometry of Os and Ti isotopes; and self-diffusion of Mg.