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Ion Beams in the Geological Sciences

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Materials Science with Ion Beams

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This chapter discusses some of the uses of ion-beam technologies in the geological sciences. Most ion-beam methods used in the field are analytical, and we do not attempt to summarize all of these as many will be found in other chapters of this text. Instead, we focus on the applications of ion beams in several specific areas, including trace-element diffusion, alteration processes, and radiation effects in minerals. Of course, each of these specific topics is of importance in more general geological topics such as, for example, geochronology. Here, we focus specifically on some of the applications of ion beams as measurement or as “material-modification” tools.

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  1. Dept. of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    A. Meldrum

  2. Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

    D. J. Cherniak

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Meldrum, A., Cherniak, D.J. (2009). Ion Beams in the Geological Sciences. In: Bernas, H. (eds) Materials Science with Ion Beams. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88789-8_11

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