I N D E X OF NA M ES

Ahrens, L. H.,70 Clarke,W., 282 Ganoun, H.

Albare'de, F., 247,438 Clayton, D. D.,138, 206 Gast, P.,67,313,318
Aldrich, L.T., 9,35, 282 Clayton, R.,371,372,385, Gaudette, H., 275
Alle'gre, C. J.,35,53,73,74,75,85,89, 386,432 Geiss, J., 298
90, 95, 96, 98,199, 201, 202, 239, Compston,W., 2,79,100, 275 Gerling, E.,195,196,198
242, 244, 248, 260, 271, 287, 289, Condomines, M.,89, 90,323,326 Ghosh, P.,389,392
301,303,305,306,309,310,311, Cornog, R., 282 Goldstein, S.,426
313,315,317,323,336,337,338, Craig, H., 282, 285,359,361,362, Go«pel, C., 200, 201,309
449,467,468,471 363,394,397,399,400 Gourlan, A.,426
Alvarez, L., 282 Curie, M.,19,36 Grand, S.,339
Arndt, N.T.,185 Curie, P.,18,19, 25,188,194 Gru«menfelder, M.,73, 98, 99
Arnold, J. R.,1,126
Aston, F.,1 Damon, P., 288,313 Haberman, R.,438,458
Atkinson, J.,139 Dansgaard,W.,381,395,396, Halliday, A.,53,54, 93, 202
409,419 Hamelin, B.,303,305
Bainbridge, K.T., 2, 9 Dars, R., 96 Hamilton, P. J.,83,185
Bard, E.,121 Darwin, C., 25 Hanson, G.,67,303,304
Barrell, J.,189,190 Davis, G. Harper, C. L.,53,348
Becquerel, H.,18, 25 DeNiro, M.,431,432 Harrison,T. M.,66,350,429
Beltrani, E.,438 DePaolo, D., 234, 236, 237, 259, Hart, S. R.,67,68,181,182, 234,
Ben Othman, D., 239, 271, 272 272, 273, 274 248,305,311,313
Bennett,V. C., 272, 273 Doe, D.,301 Hauri, E.,311
Berger, G.W.,66,67,77,181,182 Duplessy, J. C.,408 Hawkesworth, C., 276
Berner, R.,424,438,451,457 Dupre¤, B.,185,186,302,305,306 Hayden, R. J.,65
Bigeleisen, J.,365,367,382 Hedge, C.,313
Birck, J. L.,35,53 Edmond, J.,425 Heinrich, H.,419
Blichert-Toft, J.,84,103, 247, 248 Eiler, J.,389 Hemming, S.,426
Boato, G.,361,362 Einstein, A.,1 Herzog, R., 9
Bohr, N.,1 Elliot,T.,327 Hirt, B.,35,84
Boltwood, B. B.,188 Emiliani, C.,406,407,408,415 Hofmann, A.,307,313,315,330,
Bottinga,Y.,386 Epstein, S.,362,370,382,385,389, 332,334,335
Bourdon, B.,349 394,397,406,409,411 Hohenberg, C., 92, 93, 205
Bowen, N., 226,401 Ericson, J.,407 Holland, R.,430
Boyet, M.,352 Holmes, A.,189,190,195,197, 296
Bradley, P.,413,416 Farquhar, J., 295,429,430 Honda, M.,126
Bre¤vard, O. Farquhar, R. Houtermans, F., 139, 195,
Broecker,W.,125,143,144,147 Fermi, E.,1 198, 296
Burbidge, J.,139 Fourcade, S.,379 Hoyle, F.,139
Burbidge, M.,139 Fourier, J., 25,456 Hubble, E.,195
Fowler,W.,139 Hurley, P., 253, 265, 266,313
Carlson, R.,352 Hutton, J.,193
Castaing, R., 99 Galer, S.,446
Chaussidon, M.,54 Gamow, G.,139 Inghram, M. G.
Chupka,W., 2,8 Gangarz, A. J.,301 Ito, E.,403
509 Index of names

Jacobsen, S., 53, 237, 249, Merrill, P.W.,139 Severngha, U. S.

260, 438 Meynadier, L., xi Shackleton, N.,408,409,410
James, D.,403 Michard, G.,74,75,183,184 Sharp, R.,411
Jaupart, C.,449 Michard-Vitrac, A.,184 Shukolyukov, A.,53,77,78
Javoy, M.,386,436 Milankovitch, M.,413 Sigmarson, O.
Jeffrey, P.,79 Minster, J. F., 248 Slodzian, G., 99
Jenkins,W., 282 Montelli, R.,339 Sobolev, N.,340
Johnsen, S.,411 Moorbath, S.,183,184, 225 Soddy, F.,18
Joly, J.,194 Moreira, M., 287, 292 Sommerfeld, A.,1
Jordan, E. B., 2, 9 Morgan, J., 228 Srinivasan, G.,53
Jouzel, J.,396,417 Staudacher,T.,133, 291
Nakai, S.,34 Stern, S.,403
Kanber, B. S. Nicolaysen, L.,79 Struh, R. J.
Kelly,W. R.,53 Nielsen, H.,429 Strutt, R. J.,189
Kelvin, Lord, 25,41,193 Nielsen, S. G. Stuiver, M.,121
Kemp, A. I., 274, 276 Nier, A. O., 2,8,35,360,432
Kieser,W. E.,116 Notsu, K.,83 Tatsumoto, M.,36,84,199, 247,
Kleine,T.,346 Nutman, A. P.,184 248, 295,313
Kober, B.,78 Nutti, S.,390 Tauber, H.,394
Ko«ppel,V.,73, 98, 99 Taylor, H.,183, 204, 225,385,398,
Ko«ppen,W.,413 Oeschger, H.,129,131,412,419 401,402,404,432
Koztolanyi, C.,77 Ohmoto, M.,429 Thiemens, M.,371,372,431,
Kulp, L., 288 O’Neil, J.,374,386,387 432,433
Kuroda, P. K.,53, 291 O’Nions, R. K.,124, 234, 237, 239, Thode, H.,370,377,429
Kurz, M., 283,321 260,338,446 Thomson, J. J.,1, 2,8, 25,193
Oxburgh, R., 338 Tilton, G.,73,86,88,313
Labeyrie, L.,390 Tolstikhin, I., 282
Laborde, A., 25 Paneth, F.,126 Treuil, M., 320,332
Lal, D.,112,137,138 Park, M.,370,399 Tudge, A. P.,377,429
Lambert, D. D.,199,310,311,322 Patchett, J.,84, 247, 248 Turcotte, D.,315,317,337,338
Lancelot, J., 98 Patterson, C. C.,198,199,313 Turekian, K. K., 288
Lasaga, A.,369,438,451,457 Peter, H. Turner, G.,76,77,101
Ledent, D., 275 Petit, J. R.,417,420 Turner, S.,323
Lee, D. C.,53, 93, 202 Piggot, C. S.,189
Lee,T. Pineau, F.,432 Urey, H.,365
Lewin, E.,467,468 Price, P.,42
Libby,W.,113,120 van der Hilst, H.,339
Lin,Y.,54,150 Ramsay,W.,41,188
Longinelli, A., 390 Rand, R., 265 Walker, R.,42
Lorius, C.,411 Rayleigh, Lord,189 Wasserburg, G. J., 2,53,74, 90,
Luck, J. M.,35,84, 209,310 Raymo, M.,424,425 91, 205, 234, 237, 260,301,
Ludwig, K. R.,180 Rehka«mper, M. 313,438
Lugmair, G.,35,53,83 Reid, M.,186,187 Wasson, J., 202
Lupton, J., 285 Reynolds, J., 49, 50, 53,76, 92, 291 Wegener, A.,413
Lyell, C., 25,194,314 Richard, P., 234, 237 Wendt, J.,180
Richter, F.,451 Wetherill, G.W.,73,
Manhe's, G.,88, 200 Robert, F.,54,371,372,385,432 82, 285
Marcus, R.,371 Rodhe, H.,438 White,W.,307,315,336
Marti, K.,83,129 Rousseau, D., 260 Williams, I. S.,
Massyrin B. Roy Barman, M.,311 Winkler, H., 226
Mattauch, M., 9 Ruddiman,W.,424,425
Mayeda,T.,362,397 Russell, D., 295,313 Yeo, J. H.,180
Mayer, J.,365 Rutherford, E.,40,188 York, D.,67,77,101,180
McCulloch, M., 260, 269 Rye, D.,429
McKeegan, K. D.,54,150 Zartman, R.,301
McKenzie, D. P., 315,325,468 Sarda, P., 287, 288, 289,344 Zindler, A.,185,313
Merlivat, L.,411 Schilling, J. C., 233,304 Zinner, A.,101
SUBJECT INDEX
 radioactivity, 22, 23, 235
accelerator mass spectrometry
(AMS), 9,116^118,133
acceptability,171,172
accretion,51,124,199, 200, 203,
204,341,342,344,345^348,
352^353,354
accuracy, 9^10,159,497
activity,18,19,45,48,49,54^55,57,
89, 90,114,115,118,120,122,
129,139, 207, 209, 213, 277,
291,323,415,423,425,426,451
AGB star,149
age
apparent,62,64,66,67,74,76,
78, 96,163,171,172,181,182,
201, 214, 218, 292,470
of theatmosphere,292,343^345
of theEarth,25,39,155,193^200,
207, 210, 296, 299^302,301,
313,345^348
statistics,172,197
Amitsoq,84,183,184,185,193, 225
Antarctica,409,412,415,419^421
Archean,185^186,192,193, 258,
341,430
argon,11, 23,34,35,59,61,63,64,
65,74,76,77,111,129,162,180,
277, 278, 280, 281, 284,
288^290, 291,343
atom,5,13,108,120,138,139
atomic number (A),1,141,143,146
Australia,72,78,79,100,184,185,
186,193, 274^277
 radioactivity, 22^23,36,112,142,
144, 217
basalts,85,133,134,191,198, 218,
220^221, 226, 227^228, 231,
237, 240, 250, 251, 282, 283,
301,315,318,324,335,340,
430,470,471
belemnite,383,384
beryllium-10, 29,123^125
Big Bang,139,150,151, 207, 209
biological effects,370^371
biotite,32,59,62,63,64,66,67,68,
77,82, 94,181,182, 216, 218,389
Bulk Earth,237,240,241, 242,243,
244, 247, 251, 260, 276,305,
323,326,347,350
carbon-14,13, 29,112^126
carbonatite, 98, 232
carbon isotopes,118,119
chemical geodynamics,
313^341,438
chondrites, 91, 93, 236,346
closed system, 59^61,69,70,76,80,
81,118,195,196,199, 223, 230,
282, 284, 297, 299,306,345,
376^381,404,405
cogenetic,63,70,71,79,81,84,87,
88,89,171,172
collector,4,5,6,7, 9,100, 281,359
concordant age^discordant
age,70
concordia,69^75,78,86, 94, 95, 98,
99,103,172,181,182,184,185,
187, 214, 217, 218
continental crust,193,199, 221,
222, 223, 226, 227, 231, 237,
239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244,
247, 248^277, 279, 289, 290,
295,300,301,302,309,310,
311,312,313,314,315,318,321,
322,328,329,330,331,332,
334,335,339,341,348,350,
353,423,436,442,450,451,
466,467
continental growth,449
correlations,78^94,164,165,173,
174,177^180,186, 221, 235,
236^239, 240, 241, 245^247,
248, 286, 287, 292, 293,303,
304,305,311,312,313,321,336,
337,362,363,377,399,400,
403,405,409,416,427,470
cosmic timescale,155, 200^215
cosmochronology, 205^209
cosmogenic isotopes,105^152, 204
covariance,164,165,173,177,180
cross-section,42,112,126,127,128,
129,142,145,384
decay
constants,19, 21, 29,31,32,35,
54^57,69,71,113,145,161,169,
188, 235, 294, 296,309,348,
450,457,460
multiple,33^35
detritial zircons,78,172,181,
274^277,353
diffusion,14,15,64^67,72,75,76,
162,172, 214, 233,368,373,375
distillation,377^381,394,395,429
double collection mass
spectrometer,359^361,382,
432,433
dupal,305,306,307,338,436,437
dynamics systems,393,436^472
"Nd notation,186, 235^236, 237,
246, 260,351
Earth
core, 289, 299^302,345^348
earlyhistoryof,277,291,341^353
Eldora stock,68,181^183
electron
capture radioactivity, 22^23,138
multiplied,3,360
erosion rate,132,133,134,137
errors,16,17,18,38,55,57, 94,118,
134,161,164,165,166,176,183,
189, 214, 253,311,360,387
exposure ages,111,112,126^137
extinct radioactivity,49^54, 91,
138,150, 201, 204, 208, 291,
342,353
fission, 23^25,35,41,42,53,77,109,
192, 279, 290, 291, 292
511 Subject index
fission track,41^42,53,192
fluctuation, cyclic,451^458
foraminifera,407,408,409,410,
415,416
galactic cosmic radiation (GCR),
110^112
garnet,83,85,315,317,340,389
geological timescale,38,
188^193,314
granites,62,67,69,74,78,86,88,96,
98,155,167,170,180,182,187,
214, 220^221, 222, 223, 226,
231, 240, 241, 246, 271, 272,
275,329,364
Greenland,183^185,187,190,193,
196,199, 221, 225,348,349,
396,397,409,411,412,
419^421
Hadean,193
half-life,19, 21, 23,45,47^48,49,50,
53,54, 91,113,133,168^170,
204, 210^213,327
heat from radioactivity,194
helium,40^41,61,139,147,148,
149,150,188,189, 277, 278,
281, 282^285, 286, 291,
312,315
H^H diagram
high-temperature oxygen
thermometry,385^389
Himalayas, 221, 273,424,426,
427,428
ICPMS, 11, 84, 101, 275, 276,
360, 432
intracrystalline
paleothermometry,389^393
iodine^xenon, 50^53
ionium,47
ion probe, 9, 99^101, 171, 172, 184,
275, 276, 432
iron statistical equilibrium,141
isobars, 2, 9,10, 23,100
isochron,79,80,82,83^86,87,88,
89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,153,154,
155,171,172,181,185, 201, 225,
226, 233, 245, 259, 298, 299,
323,345,351,471
isotope evolution diagrams,
221^226, 233, 240^242,
346,347
isotopes,1^28, 29^36,105^152,
400^406,421^428
isotopic dilution,15^18,118,
169, 233
isotopic exchange,13^18, 94, 232,
233,370,373^374,377
isotopic fractionation,13,74,
358^364,367,368,369,
370,371,382,385,389,
432,433
isotopic homogenization,
13^15, 173
isotopic memory,375^376
isotopic table
juvenile water,362,398^400
komatiites,102,185^186,187, 258,
260,341
krypton,7, 23,127,144, 277, 278,
280, 281, 284,312
laser ionization,101,432
lead^lead methods,38^40,
86^89
lutetium^hafnium,84
major element, 21, 328^335,
341, 433
mantle
depleted, 242, 244, 252^255,
257, 260, 264, 265, 276,301,
311,314,323,331,336,350,356,
436,450
evolution of, 270
layered,339
marble cake model,315
mass discrimination,10
mass-independent fractionation
(MIF),371^373,429,432
mass number (Z),1, 2, 22, 24,
100,141
mass spectrometer, 2^11,50, 99,
100,101,117,133,158, 281,
359^361,382
mean age,63, 249, 250, 275, 294,
301,312,331,342,345,
439^443,444,445
melting, partial,155, 218, 219, 228,
230,318,319,320,324,325,
326,331,335,340
meteorites,49,50,51,91,92,93,127,
128,193,198, 200^204,310,
344,346,347,348,352
mixing, 94^99,111,154, 230,
232, 233, 242^247, 292,310,
311,315,316,318,321,325,336,
381,401,403,425,461,
467^471
mixing times,425,467^471
model age, 228^230, 250, 251, 252,
263, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273,
275, 276, 298,343
Moon, 2,10,55^56, 204^205,
342,353
MORB (Mid Oceanic Ridge
Basalts), 222, 227, 228, 229,
233, 234, 235, 237, 241, 242,
243, 244, 248, 251, 257, 260,
283, 284, 286, 287, 289, 291,
292, 293,302,304,305,307,
314,315,316,323,325,326,333,
334,335^340,341,348,471
muscovite,62,68,82, 216, 218,386,
387,389,434
neon,109,149, 227, 278, 280, 281,
284, 285^288, 291, 294,
312,315
nitrogen isotopes,428^432
nuclear reaction,49,76,106^107,
108,126,127,140
nucleosynthesis,12,49,50,51,
138^150, 205, 206, 207, 208,
209, 288
nucleus,1^11,12,18, 21, 22, 23,105,
106,108,109,111,112,138,139,
141,142
OIB (Oceanic Island Basalts), 227,
228^230, 233, 234, 235, 237,
242, 243, 248, 283, 284, 286,
287, 291, 292, 294,302^303,
304,307,315,323,325,326,
328,333,335^340,348,
437,471
Oklo natural reactor, 23
osmium, 2,35,85,309,322,352
oxygen isotopes
in igneous processes,400^406
in rain,123,394
paleoclimatology,385,406^421,438
paleothermometer (isotope),
382^393
Phanerozoic,190^192
polar ice cores,419
potassium^argon, 35
power of resolution, 155, 159,
164, 210
p-process,146
Proterozoic,193
protactinium,45
pseudo statistics,153
Quaternary,190,192, 209, 210,385,
407,410^421
radioactive
chains,36^49,89^90,109,188,
189, 212, 279, 282, 294
dating, 29^57,58,59,189
disequilibrium,75,120,121,192,
213,323,412
512 Subject index
radioactivity,1^28,36,37,49^54,
59,79, 91, 94,112,116,118,
123^125,137,138,142,143,
144,150,188,194, 201, 204,
206, 208, 210, 217, 232, 235,
279, 290, 291, 292, 293, 296,
317,322,341,342,345,348,
353,358,426,447,469
radiogenic isotopes,31,32,55,58,
66,69,78,162,168, 220^355,
360,422
radiogenic systems, equations of,
460^461
raregases, 9,11,61,111,123,132,188,
214, 277^294,309,314,315,
321,324,338,339,340,436
reservoirs, analysis of,439^443
residence time,125,425,426,
439^443,444,445,446,447,
451,453,454,456,457,461,
469,470,471
rhenium, 2,35,85,309
rhenium^osmium,85
rich systems,34,35,58^59,60,62,
63,64^78,80,171,172
ridges, 222, 227, 228, 229, 233,
234, 267, 283, 288,302,304,
314,317,328,340,424,427,
443,447,448
r-process,142,144,146,149,314
rubidium^Strontium, 35
samarium^neodymium,35,53
Schilling effect, 233^234, 235, 283,
287, 288,303,304,336
sedimentarycores,412,419,426,427
sedimentation, rate of,44,191
SIMS,11
spallation reactions,109,111,126,
127,146,150
s-process,142,143,145,146,149,
150,314,322^328,335
stable isotopes,1,12,13,16,30,
36,51, 90,105,111,126,129,
132,140,142,144, 209, 282,
358^435
standard deviation,156,157,163,
164,172,317,318,468,469,470
strontium, 2,5,10,12,35,79,80,
127,141,144,153,156,158,
220^248, 258, 259, 260, 261,
263, 265, 279,313,317,334,
340,423^426,453
strontium ^ neodymium, 234^248
subduction, 221, 241, 267, 272, 277,
307,310,314,315,317,318,322,
325,326,335,337,339,352,412,
423,424,426,436,437,442,
443,444,447,467
sulfur isotopes,375,376,428,
429,430
supernovae,105,111,146,148,149,
150, 205, 206, 207, 208
thermal extraction,75^78
thermo-ionization,78, 281
Thorium,11,44,45,48,57,74,
85,88,89,189, 241, 242, 285,
297,314,315,322,324,325,
332,341
TIMS,8,10^11,77,433
trace element fractionation,433
uncertainty,16,153,155,156,157,
158,161,162,163,164^180,187,
191, 200, 207, 210, 211, 215,
247,313,387
uplift rate,137
uranium isotopes,71
uranium^helium
uranium^lead,36^38
water, cycle of,393^400
water^rock interaction,
404^406
xenon, 23,49,50^53, 91, 92,101,
277, 278, 280, 281, 284,
290^292,343,344
zircons,38,59,68,69,76,77,
78, 94, 95, 99,100,101,
103,171,172,179,181,182,
183,184,185,187,188,193,
275, 276