The Chemical Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans (eBook)

Heinrich D. Holland (Autor)

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2020
598 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22023-9 (ISBN)

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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 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.10.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Geochemistry
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Geochemistry
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Schlagworte: Achondrites • Albian • alkali basalt • alkali metal • Aluminum • Anhydrite • Ankerite • Anoxic event • Anoxic waters • Archean • Atlantic Ocean • Atmosphere of Earth • Atmospheric escape • Atmospheric pressure • Banded Iron Formations • Basalt • bicarbonate • biosphere • Biotite • Calcite • carbon • Carbonate • Carbonate sediments • Carbon dioxide • Cenozoic • Chemical change • Chemical composition • Chlorine • Chondrite • continental crust • Crust (geology) • cyanide • Deep Sea Drilling Project • Devonian • diagenesis • Dolomitization • Elemental Analysis • Evaporite • evaporites • Ferric oxide • fluorapatite • Formaldehyde • Fractional crystallization (chemistry) • Fractional crystallization (geology) • Geochemistry • geothermal gradient • Graphite • Greenhouse Effect • Greenhouse Gas • Halite • Huronian glaciation • Hydrate • Hydrocarbon • Hydrogen • Hydrolysis • hydrothermal circulation • hydrothermal vent • Hydroxide • Hydroxylapatite • Hypoxia (environmental) • igneous rock • igneous rocks • Isotope geochemistry • Isotopes of carbon • Jasper • Jurassic • Krypton • Lithium • Magma ocean • Magmatism • Magnesium • Marine Sediments • Marine transgression • Mesozoic • Metamorphism • methane • Mid-ocean ridge • mid-ocean ridges • Mineralization (geology) • Mineralogy • Nitric Acid • nitrogen • nitrogen fixation • nitrous oxide • North American Platform • Nucleosynthesis • ocean • Oceanic basin • Oceanic Crust • Organic Carbon • Orthoclase • Oxidation Reactions • oxidation state • oxidizing agent • Pacific Ocean • paleosol • Paleosols • paleozoic • Peridotite • Permo-Carboniferous • phanerozoic • Phosphoric Acid • Physical Chemistry • Precambrian • Proterozoic • Pyrite • Pyrolite • pyroxene • Quartz • Rare gases • Russian Platform • Seafloor spreading • Sea Level Rise • seawater • Sediment • sedimentary rock • Sedimentary rocks • silicate • Stratosphere • Structure of the Earth • Sulfate • Tertiary • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • Total Organic Carbon • Transition zone (Earth) • troposphere • Ultramafic rock • uraninite • Vapor Pressure • Volcanic gas • volcanic glass • volcanic rock • weathering • World ocean
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22023-9 / 0691220239
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22023-9 / 9780691220239