Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Material Sciences

Grant S. Henderson, University of Toronto; Daniel R. Neuville, IPGP-CNRS, France; Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona.

1 Modern X-ray diffraction methods in mineralogy and geosciences. 2 Fundamentals of XAFS. 3 X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. 4 Probing of pressure-induced bonding transitions in crystalline and amorphous earth materials:insights from X-ray Raman scattering at high pressure. 5 Luminescence spectroscopy. 6 Analytical transmission electron microscopy. 7 High resolution core- and valence-level XPS studies of the properties (structural, chemical and bonding) of silicate minerals and glasses. 8 Analysis of mineral surfaces by atomic force microscopy. 9 Optical spectroscopy. 10 Spectroscopy from space. 11 SR-FTIR Microscopy and FTIR imaging in the earth sciences. 12 Carryover of sampling errors and other problems in far-infrared to far-ultraviolet spectra to associated applications. 13 Advances in Raman spectroscopy applied to earth and material sciences. 14 Brillouin scattering and its application in geosciences. 15 NMR Spectroscopy of inorganic earth materials. 16 Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy: basic principles, experimental techniques andapplications to earth and planetary sciences. 17 Theoretical approaches to structure and spectroscopy of earth materials. 18 High-pressure apparatus integrated with synchrotron radiation. 19 In situ high-temperature experiments.