Download or read book Nanoscopic Approaches in Earth and Planetary Sciences written by G. Jordan and published by The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The properties of matter at extreme length scales can differ markedly from those at length scales accessible to human observation. Nanogeoscience is described here: analytical techniques ranging from atomic force microscopy, nanoscale SIMS, TEM and EELS, to recent developments in nano-scale resolution in synchrotron radiation.