Subject Index
139
Methane 10, 21, 22, 25, 26, 63 f., 64,
88,100
Meteoric water 19, 28, 52, 58, 60, 62,
65,69, 70f., 75, 93, 107
Meteorites 44, 47 IT.
-, carbon isotope composition 49
-, hydrogen isotope composition 48
-, oxygen isotope composition 48
-, sulfur isotope composition 48
Meteoritic carbonate 22,49 f.
Microbiological processes 18,79
Migmatite 102, 107
Molecular gas flow 13
Native sulfur see elemental sulfur
Natural gas 41,88f.
Nitrogen 40f.
Nucleosynthesis 44,48,49
Ocean water 19,28,30, 33, 39, 40, 45,
66, 68, 70, 74f., 83, 94, 95, 100, 107
- -, carbon isotope composition
75f.
- -, sulfate isotope composition
76f.
Oddo and Harkins rule 1
Oil see petroleum
Ore deposits 65 IT.
- -, sulfur isotope composition 66 IT.
- fluid 36, 65
Organic matter or compounds 22, 23,
41,47,49,61,76,84,90,97,100,109
- - in sediments 26, 86f.
Organisms 26,90,91,94,95,100
Oxygen 26 IT.
"Oxygen-isotope-shift" 62
Paleotemperature determination 28,
30, 94 f., 100
Partition function 6--8,37
Pegmatite 42,43, 58
Petroleum 22, 26, 40, 41, 84, 87f.,
90,9lf.
Phosphates 26, 100f.
Phosphorites 100
Photosynthesis 18,22,23, 24f., 32, 80,
81,83,84,89
Plankton 24, 85
Plants 83,85,89-91
Potassium 45
Preparation techniques,
- -, carbon 23
- -,generalrernarks 17
- -,hydrogen 20f.
- -, nitrogen 41
- -,oxygen 27f.
- -, silicon 42
- -, sulfur 33f.
Quantum theory 4, 5
Radioactive processes 3
Rain 40, 73, 80, 83
Rayleigh distillation 8f., 72, 73
Reaction rate 6,8, 17
Regional metamorphism 104 f., 107
Respiration 32,81,84
Retrograde elTects 55,103,104
Salinity 70,74,76,95
Sample handling 17
Sea water see ocean water
Secular changes,
- -, in carbon isotope composition
88, 89 f., 96
- -, in oxygen isotope composition
74 f., 81,94,95
- -, in sulfur isotope composition
76,79f.
Sedimentary rocks 18, 19, 28, 45, 58,
75,86,89, 92 IT., 102
- -, carbon isotope composition
86f.
- -, hydrogen isotope composition
92f.
- -, oxygen isotope composition
92 IT.
- -, sulfur isotope composition
1Olf.
Selenium 38
Serpentinization 107
Shale 94,98, 104, 105
Silicon 42f.
Soil 41,76,92,97
Solid-state dilTusion 10
Specific gravity, determination of 10
Speleothems 98f.
Stalactites 98f.
Standards, carbon 23
-,hydrogen 16,20
-, nitrogen 41
-,oxygen 28
-, sulfur 33
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Methane 10, 21, 22, 25, 26, 63 f., 64,
88,100
Meteoric water 19, 28, 52, 58, 60, 62,
65,69, 70f., 75, 93, 107
Meteorites 44, 47 IT.
-, carbon isotope composition 49
-, hydrogen isotope composition 48
-, oxygen isotope composition 48
-, sulfur isotope composition 48
Meteoritic carbonate 22,49 f.
Microbiological processes 18,79
Migmatite 102, 107
Molecular gas flow 13
Native sulfur see elemental sulfur
Natural gas 41,88f.
Nitrogen 40f.
Nucleosynthesis 44,48,49
Ocean water 19,28,30, 33, 39, 40, 45,
66, 68, 70, 74f., 83, 94, 95, 100, 107
- -, carbon isotope composition
75f.
- -, sulfate isotope composition
76f.
Oddo and Harkins rule 1
Oil see petroleum
Ore deposits 65 IT.
- -, sulfur isotope composition 66 IT.
- fluid 36, 65
Organic matter or compounds 22, 23,
41,47,49,61,76,84,90,97,100,109
- - in sediments 26, 86f.
Organisms 26,90,91,94,95,100
Oxygen 26 IT.
"Oxygen-isotope-shift" 62
Paleotemperature determination 28,
30, 94 f., 100
Partition function 6--8,37
Pegmatite 42,43, 58
Petroleum 22, 26, 40, 41, 84, 87f.,
90,9lf.
Phosphates 26, 100f.
Phosphorites 100
Photosynthesis 18,22,23, 24f., 32, 80,
81,83,84,89
Plankton 24, 85
Plants 83,85,89-91
Potassium 45
Preparation techniques,
- -, carbon 23
- -,generalrernarks 17
- -,hydrogen 20f.
- -, nitrogen 41
- -,oxygen 27f.
- -, silicon 42
- -, sulfur 33f.
Quantum theory 4, 5
Radioactive processes 3
Rain 40, 73, 80, 83
Rayleigh distillation 8f., 72, 73
Reaction rate 6,8, 17
Regional metamorphism 104 f., 107
Respiration 32,81,84
Retrograde elTects 55,103,104
Salinity 70,74,76,95
Sample handling 17
Sea water see ocean water
Secular changes,
- -, in carbon isotope composition
88, 89 f., 96
- -, in oxygen isotope composition
74 f., 81,94,95
- -, in sulfur isotope composition
76,79f.
Sedimentary rocks 18, 19, 28, 45, 58,
75,86,89, 92 IT., 102
- -, carbon isotope composition
86f.
- -, hydrogen isotope composition
92f.
- -, oxygen isotope composition
92 IT.
- -, sulfur isotope composition
1Olf.
Selenium 38
Serpentinization 107
Shale 94,98, 104, 105
Silicon 42f.
Soil 41,76,92,97
Solid-state dilTusion 10
Specific gravity, determination of 10
Speleothems 98f.
Stalactites 98f.
Standards, carbon 23
-,hydrogen 16,20
-, nitrogen 41
-,oxygen 28
-, sulfur 33