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Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle Steven Emerson (University of Washington)

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle By Steven Emerson (University of Washington)

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle by Steven Emerson (University of Washington)


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This textbook provides both a background in chemical oceanography and full coverage of topics essential to understanding the carbon cycle. An ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in oceanography, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and earth science and a useful reference for researchers in oceanography.

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle Summary

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle by Steven Emerson (University of Washington)

The principles of chemical oceanography provide insight into the processes regulating the marine carbon cycle. The text offers a background in chemical oceanography and a description of how chemical elements in seawater and ocean sediments are used as tracers of physical, biological, chemical and geological processes in the ocean. The first seven chapters present basic topics of thermodynamics, isotope systematics and carbonate chemistry, and explain the influence of life on ocean chemistry and how it has evolved in the recent (glacial-interglacial) past. This is followed by topics essential to understanding the carbon cycle, including organic geochemistry, air-sea gas exchange, diffusion and reaction kinetics, the marine and atmosphere carbon cycle and diagenesis in marine sediments. Figures are available to download from www.cambridge.org/9780521833134. Ideal as a textbook for upper-level undergraduates and graduates in oceanography, environmental chemistry, geochemistry and earth science and a valuable reference for researchers in oceanography.

Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle Reviews

' This book will make an excellent primary text for an upper level or graduate chemical oceanography course as well as an excellent reference for the advanced enthusiast. The careful presentation of important oceanographic 'problems' interspersed with the necessary review of pure chemistry, biology, and earth science makes this book appropriate for a very broad audience. It is a much-needed addition to the tools for teaching chemical oceanography at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.' Timothy Shaw, Professor of Chemistry, University of South Carolina

About Steven Emerson (University of Washington)

Steven Emerson is Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington, specialising in inorganic geochemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and has worked in Europe as well as the US. The late John Hedges was Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington, specialising in organic geochemistry. He was the recipient in 2000 of the Geochemical Society's Alfred R. Treibs Award for lifetime achievement.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction to Chemical Oceanography: 1. Oceanography background; 2. Geochemical mass balance; 3. Thermodynamics background; 4. Carbonate chemistry; 5. Stable and radioactive isotopes; 6. Life processes in the ocean; 7. Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology; Part II. Advanced Topics in Marine Geochemistry: 8. Marine organic geochemistry; 9. Molecular diffusion and reaction rates; 10. Gases and air water exchange; 11. The global carbon cycle; 12. Chemical reactions in marine sediments; References; Index.

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GOR013628076
9780521833134
0521833132
Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon Cycle by Steven Emerson (University of Washington)
Used - Like New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2008-04-24
470
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