Even "Geokem" has far less on Oceanic sediments that we would like though we can clain a fairly complete coverage of Oceanic basalts. There has been no summary of the composition of the Hawaiian Islands written in the last 30 years, and no overview of the Oceanic crust, which constitutes 60% of the Earth's surface has ever been written. The compilation of abstracts for the 2005 Fall AGU meeting included about 10,000 abstracts, mainly poster sessions. Approximately 4000 scientific papers likely to have some relevence to geochemistry were published in the last 12 months. Nor can students being expected to read and remember the thousands of papers and publications produced annually. With the amount of data being produced in the fields of Petrology and Geochemistry, we find that any statement or summary made more than two years ago is already greatly in need of revision. To some of us, that geochemistry is THE primary science. Was primarily derived from the ground beneath our feet. Single thing we eat, wear, live in, travel in and drink coke out of Our list ofĬonstruction materials is thus almost limitless and needs to be. Wrought by the formation of alloys and new molecules. Has exactly the properties required of a material, marvels can be Plays some vital role in the technological age, and where no element He also strives to form theory to logically explain Study is also made of the composition of moons, meteorites, other Lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere. A geochemist studies the distribution of the 100-oddĮlements that form the primary building blocks of the known universe,Įspecially those occuring in the rocks and minerals of the earth's
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