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An expanded chapter explores atmospheric chemistry and changing climate, with the most up-to-date statistics on CO2, the carbon cycle, other greenhouse gases, and the ozone hole.
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Aussois, France, September 4-15, 1985
A concise review of the geochemical cycles of terrestrial evolution, written by well-known geochemists. Treatment is accessible, yet covers many geochemical specialties. Edited to provide an interdisciplinary approach for professionals and advanced students of geology, geochemistry, and earth and atmospheric sciences.
This book promotes further understanding of the contribution that fungi make to the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the chemical and biological mechanisms involved, and their environmental and biotechnological significance.
Global biogeochemical cycles
The dynamic, evolving Earth, and the mathematical representation of its geochemical changes are the subject of this timely, helpful handbook. Global warming, changes in the ocean, and the effects of fossil fuel combustion are just a few of the phenomena that make the development of geochemical models critical. But what computational methods will help to accurately carry out this task? This new text teaches the methodology of computational simulation of environmental change. The author presents interesting applications of his methods to describe the response of the ocean and atmosphere to the infusion of pollutants, the effect of evaporation on seawater composition, climate change, and many other aspects of the Earth's evolving ecosystem. He also presents simple approaches for solving non-linear systems, calculating isotope ratios, and dealing with chains of identical reservoirs. With creative programs that can be executed on any personal computer, Walker offers earth scientists the techniques necessary to address the key problems in their field.
An examination of global geochemical cycles - the processes that control the chemical composition of the environment, particularly the ocean and the atmosphere. Emphasis is placed on the methods used to calculate the composition of the environment, and to calculate changes that may occur.
This Volume belongs to a series on Oceanography. It is designed so that it can be read on its own, or used as a supplement in oceanogrphy courses. After a brief introduction to sea-floor sediments, the book shows how the activities of marine organisms cycle nutrients and other dissolved constituents within the oceans, and influence the rates at which both solid and dissolved material is removed to sediments. It goes on to review the carbonate system and shows how sediments that come from continental areas may be transported to the deep sea, explores what sea-floor sediments have taught us about the history of the oceans, and describes the biological and chemical processes that continue long ...
This book describes the interaction of greenhouse gasses with the Earth System. It takes the perspective of the Earth as an integrated system and provides examples of both changes in our current climate and those in the geological past. The book gives a required elementary description of the physics of the earth system, the atmosphere and ocean.
Explains what happens when waters, solids, and gases interact in the earth's surface environment. Introduces the broad picture of global geochemical cycles and treats in detail the individual processes responsible for the major fluxes of materials on land, in waters, and to a lesser degree, in the atmosphere. Includes figures, tables, and data summaries.