6.5 The Composition of the Earth (Chapter 6: Earth's Structure: Direct and Indirect Evidence)
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AS Unit F791 - Global Tectonics
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OCR
This document contains detailed notes on The Composition of the Earth from Chapter 6: Earth's Structure: Direct and Indirect Evidence of the A Level Geology course. It includes all the information required to secure a top grade in this part of the course. These notes took me many hours to complete ...
, Goldschmidt’s Classification
• The 118 named elements are arranged into the pattern shown in the
Periodic Table based on the number of electrons in the outer shell of
atoms.
• Within this Table, Victor Goldschmidt (1924) grouped the elements
according to how the occur in the Earth.
• Goldschmidt’s Classification includes:
Lithophile (rock-loving) (oxides)
Siderophile (iron-loving)
Chalcophile (ore-loving) (chalco = copper) (sulphides)
Atmophile (gas-loving) (including volatiles)
, Goldschmidt’s Classification
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