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OverviewThe past two or three decades have seen many important advances in our knowledge of the chemistry, physics, geology and biology of the oceans. It has also become apparent that in order to understand the manner in which the oceans work as a 'chemical system', it is necessary to use a framework which takes account of these interdisciplinary advances. Marine geochemistry has been written in response to the need for a single state-of-the-art text that addresses the subject of treating the sea water, sediment and rock reservoirs as a unified system. In taking this approach, a process-orientated framework has been adopted in which the emphasis is placed on identifying key processes operating within the 'unified ocean'. In doing this, particular attention has been paid to making the text accessible to students from all disciplines in such a way that future advances can readily be understood. I would like to express my thanks to those people who have helped with the writing of this volume. In particular, I wish to put on record my sincere appreciation of extremely helpful suggestions made by Professor John Edmond, FRS. In addition, I thank Dr S. Rowlatt for his comments on the sections covering the geochemistry of oceanic sediments, and Dr G. Wolff for his invaluable advice on the organic geochemistry of biota, water and sediments. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the help of Dr K. J. T. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roy ChesterPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.086kg ISBN: 9789401094900ISBN 10: 940109490 Pages: 702 Publication Date: 13 April 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 1.1 Setting the background: a unified ‘process-orientated’ approach to marine geochemistry.- I The Global Journey: Material Sources.- 2 The input of material to the ocean reservoir.- 3 The transport of material to the oceans: the river pathway.- 4 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway.- 5 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway.- 6 The transport of material to the oceans: relative flux magnitudes.- II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir.- 7 Descriptive oceanography: water column parameters.- 8 Dissolved gases in sea water.- 9 Nutrients, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in sea water.- 10 Particulate material in the oceans.- 11 Trace elements in the oceans.- 12 Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer.- III The Global Journey: Material Sinks.- 13 Marine sediments.- 14 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis.- 15 The components of marine sediments.- 16 Unscrambling the sediment-forming signals.- IV The Global Journey: Synthesis.- 17 Marine geochemistry: an overview.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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