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Goldschmidt, Viktor Moritz

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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (1888–1947) is considered the founder of modern geochemistry, establishing its general laws and principles and making it a new discipline in earth sciences. Among his works, there are researches about mineral metamorphic associations and thermodynamic equilibrium; the laws which determine distribution of the chemical elements on the Earth and their classification as litho- (rock-loving), sidero- (iron-loving), and chalcophile (sulfur-loving); the ionic substitution in mineral; the process of fractional crystallization; and the substitution laws of ions of rare elements. He systematized the use of X-rays in study of composition and structure of crystals. Goldschmidt wrote a manuscript about geochemical aspects of the origin of complex organic molecules on the Earth.

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  1. Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France

    Pierre Savaton

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Savaton, P. (2014). Goldschmidt, Viktor Moritz. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_661-3

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