Chemical oceanography : element fluxes in the sea

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Chemical oceanography : element fluxes in the sea

Steven R. Emerson, Roberta C. Hamme ; with figures produced by Michael Peterson

Cambridge University Press, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Chemical Oceanography: Element Fluxes in the Sea focuses on the use of chemical distributions to understand mechanisms of physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes in the ocean. After an introduction describing observed chemical concentrations, chapters focus on using chemical tracers to determine fluxes on a variety of time scales. Long-term chemical cycles are dominated by exchanges between seawater and land, sediments, and underwater volcanoes. Biological and ocean mixing processes dominate internal chemical cycles that respond to changes on hundred- to thousand-year time scales. Stable and radioactive isotopes trace the fluxes of nutrients and carbon to quantify the rates and mechanisms of chemical cycles. Anthropogenic influences - which have grown to be of the same magnitude as some natural cycles - are a specific focus throughout the book. Discussion boxes and quantitative problems help instructors to deepen student learning. Appendices enhance the book's utility as a reference text for students and researchers.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. Oceanography background: dissolved chemicals, circulation and biology in the sea
  • 2. Geochemical mass balance: chemical flow across the ocean's boundaries, 3. Life in the surface ocean: biological production and export
  • 4. Life in the deep ocean: biological respiration
  • 5. Marine carbonate chemistry
  • 6. Stable isotope tracers
  • 7. Radioisotope tracers
  • 8. The role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle
  • Appendices
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BC14182265
  • ISBN
    • 9781107179899
  • LCCN
    2021029696
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 387 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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