Stable isotope geochemistry is used to study so many geological processes that applications span all fields of the geosciences variations in bond strength and related variability in molecular vibrational modes lead to mass dependent isotopic fractionations among different phases this is most readily observed for light elements in which the mass differences are relatively large for example . Stable isotope geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the geosciences for students and scientists alike the book will be a primary source of information with regard to how and where stable isotopes can be used to solve geological problems it is subdivided into three parts i theoretical and experimental principles ii fractionation processes of light and heavy . Stable isotope geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the geosciences it is subdivided into three parts theoretical and experimental principles fractionation processes of light and heavy elements the natural variations of geologically important reservoirs since the application of stable isotopes to earth sciences has grown in the last few years a new edition