{"product_id":"marine-geochemistry-isbn-9781405187343","title":"Marine Geochemistry","description":"\u003ci\u003eMarine Geochemistry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 ‘\u003ci\u003ea standard text for years to come\u003c\/i\u003e.’ This third edition of \u003ci\u003eMarine Geochemistry\u003c\/i\u003e has been written at a time when the role of the oceans in the Earth System is becoming increasingly apparent.  \u003cp\u003e Following the successful format adopted previously, this new edition treats the oceans as a unified entity, and addresses the question ‘\u003ci\u003ehow do the oceans work as a chemical system?\u003c\/i\u003e’  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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarine Geochemistry\u003c\/i\u003e offers both undergraduate and graduate students and research workers an integrated approach to one of the most important reservoirs in the Earth System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdditional resources for this book can be found at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/chester\/marinegeochemistry\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/chester\/marinegeochemistry\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNach zehn Jahren erscheint nun die 3. Auflage dieses renommierten Fachbuchs und geht der Frage nach, wie unsere Meere als geochemisches System \"funktionieren\". Umfassend erläutert werden die neuesten Entwicklungen und Erkenntnisse und auch Rolle der Ozeane beim Klimawandel. \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Global Journey: Material Sources 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The input of material to the ocean reservoir 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The transport of material to the oceans: the fluvial pathway 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The transport of material to the oceans: the atmospheric pathway 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The transport of material to the oceans: the hydrothermal pathway 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The transport of material to the oceans: relative flux magnitudes 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Descriptive oceanography: water-column parameters 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Air–sea gas exchange 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Nutrients, oxygen, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in seawater 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Particulate material in the oceans 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Trace elements in the oceans 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Global Journey: Material Sinks 271\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Marine sediments 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The components of marine sediments 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Global Journey: Synthesis 389\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Marine geochemistry: an overview 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 405\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“The third edition of Marine Geochemistry is an invaluable resource for a wide range of readers from undergraduates to researchers, providing a concise up to date summary of the interplay of chemical and biological factors that control ocean cheamistry.”  \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003eJournal of Geological Magazine, 1 August 2013\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in marine sciences.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRoy Chester\u003c\/b\u003e recently retired from his post as the Proudman Professor of Oceanography in what was then the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Liverpool. During his career he wrote over 140 scientific publications, and in 1999 was awarded the Hans Pettersson Bronze Medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is also the author of ‘\u003ci\u003eFurnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction - A journey to the birthplace of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis\u003c\/i\u003e‘.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Jickells\u003c\/b\u003e is a marine biogeochemist with over 150 publications. He has been based at the University of East Anglia for more than 25 years and before that worked in Bermuda and Scotland. His main research interests are in atmospheric inputs to the oceans and coastal nutrient cycling and his field work has included tropical, temperate and polar environments. He was awarded the Challenger medal in 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003eMarine Geochemistry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 ?\u003ci\u003ea standard text for years to come\u003c\/i\u003e.? This third edition of \u003ci\u003eMarine Geochemistry\u003c\/i\u003e has been written at a time when the role of the oceans in the Earth System is becoming increasingly apparent.  \u003cp\u003eFollowing the successful format adopted previously, this new edition treats the oceans as a unified entity, and addresses the question ?\u003ci\u003ehow do the oceans work as a chemical system?\u003c\/i\u003e?  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