Evolution of Matter: From the Big Bang to the Present Day

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Author: Igor Tolstikhin

ISBN-10: 0521866472

ISBN-13: 9780521866477

Category: Geology - General & Miscellaneous

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This volume follows the chemical history of matter from the Big Bang to the present.

Pt. I The elements 51 Isotopes: weights and abundances 72 Introduction to the Universe: the baryonic matter 193 Element and isotope abundances: reference collection 244 Cosmological nucleosynthesis: production of H and He 445 Stellar nucleosynthesis: lower-mass stars and the s-process 526 Stellar nucleosynthesis: r- and associated processes 687 Timing of stellar nucleosynthesis 798 Chemical evolution of the Galaxy 83Pt. II Early solar system: nebula formation, evolution and lifetime 999 Introduction to the solar nebula 10110 The primary solar system objects and related processes 10611 Chondritic meteorites 13412 Highly processed meteorites 16313 A summary of early solar system chronology 191Pt. III Accretion of the Earth 19714 Introduction to the planetary system, Earth and Moon 19915 Introduction to planetary accretion 20816 Earth accretion: the giant impact(s) 21117 The post-accretion silicate Earth: comparison with meteorites 21418 Core segregation 23119 Heavy "crust" on the top of the core 24320 The early atmo-hydrosphere 25021 Light from the Moon ... 267Pt. IV Global evolution of the Earth 28922 First look at the Earth 29123 The plate-tectonic concept: some phenomenology 29324 Ocean-ridge and island magmatism 30125 Subduction and island-arc magmatism 32126 Composition of the continental crust: magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary processes 34427 Isotopic records of the evolution of Earth's accessible reservoirs 38228 Geochemical Earth model 427References 442Glossary 489Abbreviations 507Meteorites, rocks and minerals 510Index 517