Dear All,

I have a REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS to a book on stable isotope
analytical techniques I am editing/preparing at the moment.
Some of the subjects I want to include in my book are not yet covered.
Since the dead-line for contributions is start of March 1999, I
decided to sent this message to the isogeochem list, avoiding a lot of
time loss by searching myself for a proper candidate to write on one
(or more) of the following subjects:

=neutron activation for SI analysis;
=AMS techniques and the possibility of SI analysis;
=optical methods (e.g. tunable lasers) to analyse SI;
=chromatographic, or density methods for SI analysis;
=TIMS technique for the stable isotopes of elements from Mg to Se
(Be and Li are already covered by others).

If anybody is interested to contribute to my book with one or more of
these subjects, please contact me at: [log in to unmask]
All manuscripts will be reviewed according to the international norms
of quality magazines.

Aim of this book is to present the technical side of stable isotope
analysis. Contributions have to meet with this criterium - already a
good amount of books already exist about theoretical matters and
applications of stable isotopes, and there is no direct need to
enlarge that number of books... However, nothing exists on the
technical side yet (to my knowledge). I hope to fill in the gap with
this work. Hopefully, the book by Jim O'Neil and Zachary Sharp will
appear soon too, which is another book on stable isotope technical
matters, but rather a textbook (as they explained to me), and as such
different from my work. Hopefully we get two good books in the end....

Agreement is reached with Elsevier to publish this book in two
versions: a soft-bound version for students, scientist and other
badly-paid science people, and a hard-bound version for libraries and
the few rich among us. All contributions, finally placed in the book,
will receive a free copy of the soft-bound version, and get reduction
of 30% on all science books (no magazines) if ordered directly from
Elsevier.

Interested isotope geochemists (or other scientists, I don't want to
discriminate) will receive further information, including an updated
list of already agreed contributions to this book on request.

I am looking forward for your reactions.

Best wishes to all,
Pier de Groot.
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Dr. P.A. de Groot
University of the Witwatersrand
Economic Geology Research Unit
Department of Geology
Private Bag 3
2050 Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel.    +27 11 7162564
Fax.    +27 11 3391697
E-mail  <[log in to unmask]>

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