Geofluids: Developments in Microthermometry, Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics and Stable Isotopes (V. Hurai, M. Huraiova, M. Slobodnik, and R. Thomas)

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Geofluids: Developments in Microthermometry, Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics and Stable Isotopes. Vratislav Hurai, Monika Huraiova, Marek Slobodnik, Rainer Thomas. 2015. Elsevier. Pp. 502. ISBN 978-0-12-803241-502. Soft cover or electronic $160. Geofluids: Developments in Microthermometry, Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics and Stable Isotopes was released in May 2015 in printed and electronic versions by Elsevier. According to the authors’ preface, it was written “to provide an all in all information source for students…and for practical geologists who are far from being specialists in geofluids research,” and “to illustrate how the direct and indirect methods of geofluid research can be combined to gain information on the origin of minerals and rocks.” These are typical tasks of textbooks. Most of the well known textbooks on the subject of paleogeofluids or, more appropriately, fluid inclusion research, were published more than 30 years ago. Given the rapid development of new and refinement of classical analytical techniques and phase diagrams, a work dedicated to providing actualized “all-in-all information” is well justified, opportune, and certainly not simply “another one.” The 43 pages of more than 800 references, including a large number of not well diffused but nevertheless important ones from Eastern Europe from before 1989, are a good measure …