The Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans

In this first full-scale attempt to reconstruct the chemical evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, Heinrich Holland assembles data from a wide spectrum of fields to trace the history of the ocean-atmosphere system. A pioneer in an increasingly important area of scholarship, he presents a comprehensive treatment of knowledge on this subject, provides an extensive bibliography, and outlines problems and approaches for further research.

The first four chapters deal with the turbulent first half billion years of Earth history. The next four chapters, devoted largely to the Earth from 3.9 to 0.6 b.y.b.p., demonstrate that changes in the atmosphere and oceans during this period were not dramatic. The last chapter of the book deals with the Phanerozoic Eon; although the isotopic composition of sulfur and strontium in seawater varied greatly during this period of Earth history, the chemical composition of seawater did not.

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Heinrich D. Holland

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In this first full-scale attempt to reconstruct the chemical evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, Heinrich Holland assembles data from a wide spectrum of fields to trace the history of the ocean-atmosphere system. A pioneer in an increasingly important area of scholarship, he presents a comprehensive treatment of knowledge on this subjec

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• Autori: Heinrich D. Holland, Heinrich Holland, Holland Heinrich D.
• Con la collaborazione di: Heinrich Holland (Editore)
• Editore: University Presses
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 21.07.1984
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Altro
• EAN: 9780691023816
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02381-6
• Numero di pagine: 598
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.2 x 22.9 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 851 g
• Serie: Princeton Series in Geochemist; Princeton Series in Geochemistry
• Categorie: SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography, carbon dioxide, Carbon, Sediment, seawater, FORMALDEHYDE, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Physical Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Oceanography (seas and oceans), Oceanography (seas), biosphere, Weathering, Uraninite, sedimentary rock, Greenhouse effect, Nucleosynthesis, Hydrocarbon, Elemental Analysis, Sea level rise, diagenesis, metamorphism, igneous rock, Methane, Phanerozoic, Pyrite, Troposphere, hydrothermal vent, mesozoic, Greenhouse Gas, Oceanic crust, Thermodynamic equilibrium, nitrous oxide, Chemical change, Paleozoic, Crust (geology), Geothermal gradient, Continental crust, Cenozoic, Oceanic basin, Mid-ocean ridge, Atmosphere of Earth, Volcanic gas, Stratosphere, Atmospheric pressure, Proterozoic, Sulfate, Precambrian, Archean, Evaporite, Chemical composition, Carbonate, fluorapatite, Hydroxylapatite, Chondrite, Phosphoric acid, Oxidation state, Hydrothermal circulation, Peridotite, Paleosol, Hypoxia (environmental), Mineralization (geology), Seafloor spreading, Permo-Carboniferous, Fractional crystallization (chemistry), Ultramafic rock, Fractional crystallization (geology), Isotopes of carbon, Pyrolite, Volcanic glass, Magma ocean, Anoxic event, isotope geochemistry