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Johnson, C.M., Beard, B.L. and Albaréde, F. (editors) Geochemistry of Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes.

Reviews in Mineralogy, 55. Washington D.C. (Mineralogical Society of America and the Geochemical Society). 2004, ISBN 093995067-7 xv + 454 pp. Price US $36

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Recent developments in mass spectrometry have opened exciting new avenues in geochemistry. Plasma source mass spectrometry has brought together groups who previously retained their identity through different forms of mass spectrometry. Those with thermal ionization mass spectrometers analysed radiogenic isotopes, commonly of Sr, Nd and Pb, and the stable isotopes of H, C, O and S were analysed on gas source machines. Very few had experience with plasma sources, and this mass spectrometry now allows high precision measurements of the stable isotopes from a range of elements including a number of metals. It involves scientists used to analysing heavier radiogenic elements and those with experience in stable isotope data. This volume celebrates the potential of the stable isotope ratios of a range of elements from Li and Cl, Mg and Ca, Cr, Fe, Cu and Zn, to Se and Mo. It is very much in the tradition of the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Series, balancing clear introduction with considerable detail, and written by those at the forefront of their fields. It is excellent value for money, it is accessible to the specialist and the non-specialist, and it can be dipped into for background information, or read in greater detail.

The isotope systems discussed are for the most part new, and this volume acknowledges that there are a numbers of aspects to consider when developing a new isotope system – . . . [Full Text of this Article]