As many of you know I love 'topes. I love thinking about them, I love measuring them, I love interpreting them, I love talking about them, I love how they can be used for pretty much everything. I love calling them 'topes instead of isotopes.
I have talked for a while about making a series inspired by Colbert's "better know a district" called "better know a 'tope." So this will be my space for sharing my love of 'topes.
I think everyone could stand to learn a little about isotopes, and to that end I will be writing from time to time about a given isotope. I will select one and give some information about that isotope (and element if you're lucky). I also take requests. Sometimes we may have guest writers. We'll see how things go.
Some of the papers I have permission to link to and some you will have to look up for yourselves. Enjoy!
Some of my favorite sources about isotopes are:
Dickin, A.P., 2005. Radiogenic isotope geology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Faure, G., 1986. Principles of isotope geology. John Wiley & Sons, New York, United States of America.
Valley, J.W., Cole, D.R. (eds.), 2001. Stable isotope geochemistry. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (RiMG) vol. 43.
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