geochemistry
Noun
Meaning
the chemistry of the earth's crust
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Hypernyms
Examples
"Hypercalcification; paleontology links plate tectonics and geochemistry to sedimentology".
ICP-MS is also used widely in the geochemistry for radiometric dating, in which it is used to analyze relative abundance of different isotopes, in particular uranium and lead.
Crucially solubility applies to all areas of chemistry, geochemistry, inorganic, physical, organic and biochemistry.
Graetsch, H., "Structural Characteristics of opaline and microcrystalline silica minerals", "Silica, physical behavior, geochemistry and materials applications".
History The term geochemistry was first used by the Swiss-German chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1838.
In: Reviews in Mineralogy v. 29; Silica: Physical Behavior, geochemistry and materials applications.