Nuclear Radiation in Geophysics / Kernstrahlung in der Geophysik [Paperback]

Radioactivity of the Lithosphere.- The Rice Institute, Houston Texas (USA). (With 1 Figure).- Zusammenfassung.- A. General considerations.- I. Sampling.- II. Analytical methods.- B. Abundances of natural radioactive nuclei.- I. Types of natural radioactive nuclei.- II. Direct abundance data.- III. Theoretical considerations.- C. Heat effects.- D. Distribution of radioactive elements.- I. Distribution on a global scale.- II. Microdistribution of radioactivity.- E. Radiation damage.- F. Fossil record.- G. Effects on stable isotope abundances.- H. The rock or geochemical cycle.- Selected bibliography.- Radioactivity in Oceanography.- University of Miami. The Marine Laboratory, Miami, Florida (USA). (With 1 Figure).- Zusammenfassung.- A. Introduction.- B. Occurrence of radioactive elements in the oceanic envelope.- I. Primordial radioactive isotopes.- 1. Uranium.- 2. Protactinium.- 3. Thorium.- 4. Radium.- 5. Short-lived daughter products.- 6. Stable lead isotopes.- 7. Rhenium-187.- 8. Rare earths and other heavy elements.- 9. Rubidium-87.- 10. Potassium-40.- II. Cosmic-ray produced radioactive isotopes.- 1. Short half-lived isotopes.- 2. Silicon-32.- 3. Carbon-14.- 4. Beryllium.- 5. Hydrogen-3.- III. Artificial radioactivity.- 1. Strontium-90, cerium-144, promethium-147, and cesium-137.- 2. Chlorine-36.- C. Applications of radioactivity data to oceanographic studies.- I. Atmosphere-ocean interface.- II. Continent-ocean interface.- III. Ocean phase.- IV. Ocean-sediment interface.- D. Future application of radioactivity in oceanography.- References.- Radioactivity in Hydrology.- International Meteorological Institute, University of Stockholm (Schweden). (With 2 Figures).- Zusammenfassung.- A. Natural radioactivity of waters.- I. Radioactivity from the uranium and thorium series in rocks.- II. Tritium.- III. Carbon-14.- IV. Other cosmic ray produced radioactive isotopes.- B. Artificially produced radioactive isotopes.- I. Bomb produced.- II. Commercially available radioacl>