The honor for the creation of this two-volume book series on stable isotope analytical techniques must be given to James O’Neill. At the very start of this project, I did not realize that he, together with Zachary Sharp, had begun writing a book on a very similar subject. Originally, James O’Neill and Zachary Sharp were among the first authors I invited to write a chapter for my book series.

В предлагаемой монографии впервые систематически рассмотрен весь комплекс разнообразных немасс-спектрометрических методов изотопного анализа, получивших развитие, достаточное для практического применения этих методов, например, к контролю технологических процессов разделения изотопов, в физико-химических исследованиях, для определения изотопного состава меченых соединений.

Stable isotope investigations in the earth sciences continue to grow, maybe faster than ever before. After publication of the 5th edition, tremendous progress has been achieved in many subfields of stable isotope geochemistry. To name a few:

– Applications of Multicollector - ICP-MS has grown rapidly and now enable investigations on natural isotope variations of a wide range of transition and heavy elements that could not previously be measured with adequate precision.

The scientific editors of this volume, John Valley and David Cole, organized a Short Course on Stable Isotope Geochemistry presented November 2-4 2001 in conjunction with the annual meetings of the Geological Society of America in Boston, Massachusetts. The contributors to this review volume were the instructors. The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) sponsored the course and is published and distributor of this and other books in the Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry series. Alex Speer, Executive Director of MSA, and Myrna Byer, of Printing Service Associates, Inc., are acknowledged for their considerable contributions to the success of this volume <...>

The two volumes on Stable Isotope Techniques are dedicated to my colleague and former tutor Simon M.F. Sheppard. He was the person who introduced me, during my study period in the Centre de Recherches P6trographiques et G6ochimiques, at Vandoeuvre-l~s-Nancy, France, to the wonderful world of stable isotopes applied to earth science, especially in the field of geochemistry and mineral deposits.

Isotopic (nuclear) geology constitutes an exact, quantitative branch of the Earth sciences which has expanded rapidly to cover a wide spectrum of applications since the establishment of its basic principles by the early 1950s, in part following seminal researches by H. C. Urey, H. A. Lowenstam, S. Epstein, T. Mayeda and numerous others. This immense progress, accelerating in recent years, led to the application of isotopes in attempting to resolve a variety of geochemical and geological problems in the Earth sciences. Lunar exploration too provided rocks for analysis and their examination stimulated refinements in mass spectrometry later used for terrestrial materials as well. New geochronometric methods were devised and include those based on the radioactive decay of l47Sm to l4:tNd, l76Lu to l7f,Hf, l87Re to ,87Os and 4llK to 4(1Ca, as well as others depending upon the production and distribution of cosmogenic radionuclides such as 2(,A1, l0Be and 36C1.

Изотопные отношения кислорода и геологические проблемы
Определение температуры древних морей Русской платформы и некоторых других районов СССР методом изотопной палеотермометрии
Сезонные палеотемпературы по изотопному составу кислорода органогенного кальцита раковин молюсков
Определение температур образования гидротермальных кварцев по изотопным соотношениям кислорода
Использование закономерностей распределения изотопов кислорода для установления генезиса рудных минералов железистых кварцитов Кривого Рога

После выхода первого издания этой книги в 1973 г. развитие данной области изотопной геохимии происходило так быстро, что возникла необходимость в кардинальном пересмотре имеющихся данных. Хотя основные разделы книги были сохранены, материал в ней основательно пересмотрен и изменен.