Marine geochemistry

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Marine geochemistry

Roy Chester and Tim Jickells

Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

3rd ed

  • : cloth
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9781118349076

Description

Marine Geochemistry offers a fully comprehensive and integrated treatment of the chemistry of the oceans, their sediments and biota. The first edition of the book received strong critical acclaim and was described as a standard text for years to come. This third edition of Marine Geochemistry has been written at a time when the role of the oceans in the Earth System is becoming increasingly apparent. Following the successful format adopted previously, this new edition treats the oceans as a unified entity, and addresses the question how do the oceans work as a chemical system? To address this question, the text has been updated to cover recent advances in our understanding of topics such as the carbon chemistry of the oceans, nutrient cycling and its effect on marine chemistry, the acidification of sea water, and the role of the oceans in climate change. In addition, the importance of shelf seas in oceanic cycles has been re-evaluated in the light of new research. Marine Geochemistry offers both undergraduate and graduate students and research workers an integrated approach to one of the most important reservoirs in the Earth System. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/chester/marinegeochemistry.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition, vii 1 Introduction, 1 Part I The Global Journey: Material Sources, 7 2 The input of material to the ocean reservoir, 9 3 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway, 11 4 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway, 52 5 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway, 83 6 The transport of material to the oceans: relative fl ux magnitudes, 92 Part II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir, 125 7 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters, 127 8 Air sea gas exchange, 154 9 Nutrients, oxygen, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater, 163 10 Particulate material in the oceans, 208 11 Trace elements in the oceans, 223 12 Down-column fl uxes and the benthic boundary layer, 253 Part III The Global Journey: Material Sinks, 271 13 Marine sediments, 273 14 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis, 290 15 The components of marine sediments, 321 16 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals, 352 Part IV The Global Journey: Synthesis, 389 17 Marine geochemistry: an overview, 391 Index, 405 Colour plate pages fall between pp. 216 and 217 COMPANION WEBSITE: This book has a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/chester/marinegeochemistry with Figures and Tables from the book
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781405187343

Description

Marine Geochemistry offers a fully comprehensive and integrated treatment of the chemistry of the oceans, their sediments and biota. The first edition of the book received strong critical acclaim and was described as 'a standard text for years to come.' This third edition of Marine Geochemistry has been written at a time when the role of the oceans in the Earth System is becoming increasingly apparent. Following the successful format adopted previously, this new edition treats the oceans as a unified entity, and addresses the question 'how do the oceans work as a chemical system?' To address this question, the text has been updated to cover recent advances in our understanding of topics such as the carbon chemistry of the oceans, nutrient cycling and its effect on marine chemistry, the acidification of sea water, and the role of the oceans in climate change. In addition, the importance of shelf seas in oceanic cycles has been re-evaluated in the light of new research. Marine Geochemistry offers both undergraduate and graduate students and research workers an integrated approach to one of the most important reservoirs in the Earth System. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/chester/marinegeochemistry.

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition vii 1 Introduction 1 Part I The Global Journey: Material Sources 7 2 The input of material to the ocean reservoir 9 3 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway 11 4 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway 52 5 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway 83 6 The transport of material to the oceans: relative fl ux magnitudes 92 Part II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir 125 7 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters 127 8 Air-sea gas exchange 154 9 Nutrients oxygen organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater 163 10 Particulate material in the oceans 208 11 Trace elements in the oceans 223 12 Down-column fl uxes and the benthic boundary layer 253 Part III The Global Journey: Material Sinks 271 13 Marine sediments 273 14 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis 290 15 The components of marine sediments 321 16 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals 352 Part IV The Global Journey: Synthesis 389 17 Marine geochemistry: an overview 391 Index 405 Colour plate pages fall between pp. 216 and 217.

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